Firmware Test Suite 17.08.00 is released

[ivanhu]

FWTS 17.08.00 is released.

It is available from:

Tar: http://fwts.ubuntu.com/release/fwts-V17.08.00.tar.gz

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

Release notes: 
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FirmwareTestSuite/ReleaseNotes/17.08.00

= New Features =

   * ACPICA: Update to version 20170728
   * New ACPI tests defined by  ACPI 6.2
     * acpi: sdei: add ACPI SDEI test (mantis 1714)
     * acpi: pcct: refactor subspace to individual functions
     * acpi: pcct: update PCCT table to ACPI 6.2 (mantis 1659 & 1755)
     * acpi: dppt: add ACPI DPPT test (mantis 1795)
     * acpi: pptt: add ACPI PPTT test
     * acpi: hmat: add ACPI HMAT test (mantis 1705)
     * acpi: method: add _LSI test according to ACPI 6.2 (mantis 1721)
     * acpi: madt: Add support for ACPI 6.2
   * New tests for SBBR
     * acpi: fadt: add SBBR compliance tests
     * acpi: madt: add SBBR compliance tests
     * acpi: spcr: add SBBR compliance tests
     * acpi: xsdt: add SBBR compliance tests
     * acpi: dbg2: add SBBR compliance tests
     * acpi: gtdt: add SBBR compliance tests
     * acpi: acpitables: add SBBR compliance tests
     * dmi: dmicheck: add SBBR compliance tests
     * acpi: method: add SBBR compliance tests
     * acpi: rsdp: add SBBR compliance tests
     * acpi: sbbr: sync up with new SBBR tests

= Fixed Bugs =

   * dmicheck: fix dmi_reserved_bits_check function when size is 64
   * acpi: pmtt: fix typo from pmmt to pmtt
   * acpi: rasf: add ACPI RASF test
   * acpi: remove "Linux-ready Firmware Developer Kit" from license 
header of files not derived from the LFDK
   * opal: fix build error on Ubuntu 12.04 i386 with gcc 4.6.3
   * lib: fwts_safe_mem: remove need to copy into a buffer
   * acpi: bert: add safe memory read check on mmap'd memory
   * acpi: hpet: add safe memory read check on mmap'd memory
   * acpi: mcfg: add safe memory read check on mmap'd PCI config memory
   * acpi: pcc: add safe memory read check on mmap'd PCC header
   * bios: pciirq: add safe memory read check on mmap'd pci irq region
   * bios: pnp: add safe memory read check on mmap'd memory region
   * dmi: dmicheck: fix incorrect safe memory read check on DMI mmap'd 
region
   * uefi: csm: add safe memory read check on mmap'd interrupt and 
option ROM regions
   * fwts_safe_mem: workaround longjmp clobber warnings
   * lib: fwts_smbios: use fwts_safe_memcpy to read SMBIOS entry
   * lib: fwts_acpi_tables: re-work fwts_acpi_get_rsdp, less memory copies
   * lib: fwts_safe_mem: really force reads
   * lib: fwts_acpi_tables: unmap mem, fixes memory leak
   * acpi: xsdt: fix build error on 32 bit systems
   * acpica: fwts_acpica: fix linker issues on Fedora (LP: #1712572)
   * acpi: method: Fix error message.

= Detail Changelog =

To check /usr/share/doc/fwts/changelog.Debian.gz or 
fwts_17.08.00-0ubuntu1.debian.tar.gz from 
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fwts