fwts 13.12.00 released

Version 13.12.00 of the Firmware Test Suite has been released today.  This latest release includes some of the following new features:

• ACPI method test, add _IPC, _IFT, _SRV tests
• Update to version 20131115 of ACPICA
• Check for thermal overrun messages in klog test
• Test for CPU frequency maximum limits on cpufreq test
• Add Ivybridge and Haswell CPU specific MSR checks
• UEFI variable dump:
• add more subtype support on acpi device path type  
• handle the End of Hardware Device Path sub-type 0x01
• add Fibre Channel Ex subtype-21 support on messaging device path type
• add SATA subtype-18 support on messaging device path type
• add USB WWID subtype-16 support on messaging device path type
• add VLAN subtype-20 support on messaging device path type
• add Device Logical Unit subtype-17 support on messaging device path typ
• add SAS Ex subtype-22 support on messaging device path type
• add the iSCSI subtype-19 support on messaging device path type
• add the NVM Express namespace subtype-23 support on messaging device path type

..and also the usual bug fixes. 

For more details, please consult the release notes. 
 
The source tarball is available at:  http://fwts.ubuntu.com/release/fwts-V13.12.00.tar.gz and can be cloned from the repository: git://kernel.ubuntu.com/hwe/fwts.git

The fwts 13.12.00 .debs are available in the firmware testing PPA and will soon appear in Ubuntu Trusty 14.04

And thanks to Alex Hung, Ivan Hu, Keng-Yu Lin their contributions and keen eye for reviewing the numerous patches and also to Robert Moore for the on-going work on ACPICA.