[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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