Firmware Test Suite 17.11.00 is released

[Alex Hung]

FWTS 17.11.00 is released.

It is available from:

Tar: http://fwts.ubuntu.com/release/fwts-V17.11.00.tar.gz

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

Release notes: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FirmwareTestSuite/ReleaseNotes/17.11.00

= New Features =

  * acpi: devices: add a new test for acpi ec device
  * acpi: devices: add a new test for ACPI AC adapter device
  * acpi: devices: add a new test for ACPI battery device
  * acpi: devices: add a new test for smart battery device
  * acpi: devices: add new tests for power and sleep button devices
  * acpi: madt: check GICD's system vector according to mantis 1819 (ACPI 6.2a)
  * acp: nfit: add platform capability according to manit 1831 (ACPI 6.2a)
  * lib: add new large resource data type for _CRS methods
  * acpi: sdev: add ACPI SDEV test (mantis 1632)
  * acpi: dppt: add ACPI PDTT test (mantis 1576)
  * acpi: devices: add new tests for lid device
  * acpi: devices: add new tests for ambient light sensor device
  * acpi: devices: add new tests for time and alarm device
  * acpi: devices: add new tests for wireless power calibration device
  * acpi: add tests for _SRT control method
  * auto-packager: mkpackage.sh: add bionic
  * fwts: add bash command-line completion
  * Add ACPI 1.0 RSDP test to make sure RSDT field isn't null
  * ACPICA: Update to version 20171110
  * uefi: uefidump: add dumping for BluetoothLE device path
  * uefi: uefidump: add dumping for DNS device path
  * uefi: uefibootpath: add test for BluetoothLE device path
  * uefi: uefibootpath: add test for DNS device path

= Fixed Bugs =

  * lib: move and rename helper functions from method.c
  * lib: move _CRS helper functions from method.c
  * acpi: devices: print device name in acpi_ac test
  * acpi: devices: deiniit acpica when tests are skipped
  * acpi: sync up _BIX test in method to acpi_battery tests
  * acpi: fadt: ACPI 6.2 explicitly states 64-bit supersedes 32-bit
  * lib: print reference names in fwts_acpi_object_dump
  * lib: raise severity of acpi method failures
  * lib: fix offset error for GPIO connection descriptor
  * acpi: method: add a missing space in _TSS tests
  * dmi: dmicheck: fix incorrect use of lock bit in chassis type
  * acpi: update checks of _BIX return package
  * Remove length test for ACPI 1.0 RSDPs, fix checks against revision field
  * lib: fwts_safe_mem: fix buffer end calculation
  * lib: fwts_acpi_object_eval: fix build issues with older toolchains
  * lib: fwts_battery: fix build issues with older toolchains
  * lib: fwts_args: ensure a null short_option is never passed to getopt_long
  * uefi: uefidump: add some guarding on allocation size
  * uefi: uefidump: add some guarding on loop iteration
  * dmi: dmicheck: zero buffer buf, cleans up a static analysis warning
  * hpet: fix the false alarm of hpet configuration test
  * uefi: uefirttime: fix the time zone to exact value
  * uefi: uefirtauthvar: update the test auth data (LP: #1724455)

= Detail Changelog =

To check /usr/share/doc/fwts/changelog.Debian.gz or
fwts_17.11.00-0ubuntu1.debian.tar.gz from
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fwts