Firmware Test Suite 16.02.00 is released

[ivanhu]

FWTS 16.02.00 is released.

It is available from:

Tar: http://fwts.ubuntu.com/release/fwts-V16.02.00.tar.gz

PPA: 
https://launchpad.net/~firmware-testing-team/+archive/ubuntu/ppa-fwts-stable

Release notes: 
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FirmwareTestSuite/ReleaseNotes/16.02.00

= Significant Updates =

   * ACPICA: Update to version 20160212 (LP: #1545099)

= New Features =

   * Full ACPI compliance testing for the FADT
    * FADT: enable compiling on non-x86 architectures
    * FADT: non-x86 machines need an FADT but x86 can survive without one
    * FADT: disable SCI_EN and RESET_REG tests when in reduced hardware mode
    * FADT: add in code to log basic info about the various FADT flag fields
    * Add in bit masks for FACS flags.
    * FADT: move log info out of test2, will provide it elsewhere
    * ACPI: Add hypervisor ID field to FADT.
    * FADT: minor cleanup and initial compliance tests
    * FADT: expand the compliance test for FIRMWARE_CTRL fields
    * FADT: expand compliance checks for DSDT and X_DSDT fields
    * FADT: add compliance tests for reserved fields, PM profile, 
reduced hardware
    * FADT: restructure test sequence around reduced hardware mode
    * FADT: expand compliance tests for the SMI_CMD field
    * FADT: add compliance tests for the ACPI_ENABLE and ACPI_DISABLE fields
    * FADT: add compliance tests for S4BIOS_REQ and PSTATE_CNT fields
    * FADT: extend and add PM address block compliance tests
    * FADT: enhance compliance tests for GPE blocks
    * FADT: add compliance test for the CST_CNT field
    * FADT: add in compliance tests for C2/C3 latency fields
    * FADT: add in SLEEP_CONTROL_REG and SLEEP_STATUS_REG compliance tests
    * FADT: remove no longer useful variables from test1
    * FADT: add safety checks for older versions of FADT
   * acpi: method: add _PMC test
   * acpi: method: add _PRT test
   * acpi: method: add _RDI test
   * acpi: method: add _LPI test
   * data: klog.json: update to sync with 4.6 kernel changes

= Fixed Bugs =

   * Start defining FWTS architectures as variables
   * Define some utility functions for using the fwts_architecture enum
   * Add mechanism to tell FWTS what architecture is being tested
   * ACPI: MADT: add in compliance tests for the MADT and subtables
   * ACPI: Add in MADT subtable description for GIC ITS subtable
   * ACPI: MADT: add in compliance checks for the GIC ITS subtable
   * Documentation: add --acpicompliance to man page
   * Documentation: add --arch to the man page
   * Update ACPI RSDP tests to be specification compliant
    * RSDP: minor cleanups to rsdp.c for checkpatch issues
    * utilities: add a helper function for printing out architecture names
    * ACPI tables: when bodging up an RSDP, do the right thing for the arch
    * ACPI RSDP: flesh out the tests to check for full spec compliance.
   * acpi: method: remove non-method names from the top comments
   * acpi: fadt: check 32/64 bit PM register addresses for inconsistency
     (LP: #1536606)
   * acpi: erst: fix incorrect error message for reserved field
   * lib: fwts_klog: fix incorrect indentation, detected by gcc-6
   * lib: fwts_hwinfo: clean up type punning, fixes warning with gcc-6
   * fwts: wakealarm: reset wakealarm timer at end of test (LP: #1534003)
   * dmi: dmicheck: add some simple sanity checks to table size
   * lib: fwts_args: use safer strncat than strcat
   * lib: fwts_acpi_tables: don't do expensive low allocs multiple times
   * acpi: madt: fix incorrect format specifier for size_t
   * cpu: microcode: fix a couple of warnings found by cppcheck:
   * acpi: madt: clean up some minor style issues detected by cppcheck
   * lib: fwts_acpi_tables: fix warnings found by clang scan-build
   * lib: fwts_cpu: check for MSR read failures
   * lib: fwts_klog: handle the case where klog_old is empty list
   * acpica: fix disassembly on i386 platforms (LP: #1547469)
   * lib: fwts_arch: i686 arch name is also an X86 arch (LP: #1547554)
   * Fix null_gass initializer for older versions of gcc (LP: #1549429)

= Detail Changelog =

To check /usr/share/doc/fwts/changelog.Debian.gz or 
fwts_16.02.00-0ubuntu1.debian.tar.gz from 
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fwts