[GTALUG] Firmware Test Suite

D. Hugh Redelmeier hugh at mimosa.com
Mon Feb 21 11:30:36 EST 2022


UEFI firmware is quite complex and abstruse.  It is easy for a vendor to 
get it wrong.  As long as Windows seems to run, ship it.

I just discovered the Firmware Test Suite 
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FirmwareTestSuite/>

It acts as a lint for firmware.  It detects some violations of standards 
(such as ACPI).

Although it is a Ubuntu / Canonical project it can run on other Linux 
systems or even from a stand-alone bootable image.
To install it on Fedora: sudo dnf install fwts

Probably the only thing you can do with the result is fling it at your 
vendor.  It might also give a consumer insight into the quality of the 
firmware engineering.


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