README for the FirmWare Test Suite (fwts)
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Quick Start Guide
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1) Dependencies:
autoconf, automake, libglib2.0-dev, libtool, libpcre3-dev, libjson0-dev | libjson-c-dev, flex, bison, dkms, libfdt-dev
2) To build and install (only if building from source)
autoreconf -ivf
./configure
make
To get help:
fwts --help
To run all the default tests, use:
sudo fwts
..this will dump the results into results.log
To see the available tests, use:
fwts --show-tests
Advanced Options Guide
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Running Specific Tests
----------------------
Run specific tests, e.g. check syntax of DSDT:
sudo fwts syntaxcheck
You can run multiple tests too:
sudo fwts syntaxcheck fan battery
To see all the available tests:
sudo fwts --show-tests-full
Changing the output
-------------------
To dump the results to another file:
sudo fwts --results-output=myresults.log
or the short form:
sudo fwts -r myresults.log
or to stderr or stdout and redirect:
sudo fwts -r stderr
sudo fwts -r stdout > mylog.log
or a shorter form for stdout:
sudo fwts - > mylog.log
If the output is written to stdout, the width of the log is based on the
width of the tty. The default width when writing to a log file may be
changed to N characters wide using -w N or --log-width=N, e.g.
sudo fwts --log-width=90 - > mylog.log
The log has various columns that can be enabled, here is an example:
00012 13/12/12 12:55:04 wakealarm Test ACPI Wakealarm.
00013 13/12/12 12:55:04 wakealarm -------------------------------------------------------------
00014 13/12/12 12:55:04 wakealarm Test 1 of 4: Check existence of /sys/class/rtc/rtc0
00015 13/12/12 12:55:04 wakealarm /wakealarm.
00016 13/12/12 12:55:04 wakealarm PASSED: Test 1, /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm found.
00017 13/12/12 12:55:04 wakealarm
00018 13/12/12 12:55:04 wakealarm Test 2 of 4: Trigger wakealarm for 1 seconds in the future.
00019 13/12/12 12:55:04 wakealarm Trigger wakealarm for 1 seconds in the future.
00020 13/12/12 12:55:04 wakealarm PASSED: Test 2, RTC wakealarm was triggered successfully.
00021 13/12/12 12:55:04 wakealarm
00022 13/12/12 12:55:04 wakealarm Test 3 of 4: Check if wakealarm is fired.
00023 13/12/12 12:55:07 wakealarm PASSED: Test 3, RTC wakealarm triggered and fired
00024 13/12/12 12:55:07 wakealarm successfully.
00025 13/12/12 12:55:07 wakealarm
00026 13/12/12 12:55:07 wakealarm Test 4 of 4: Multiple wakealarm firing tests.
00027 13/12/12 12:55:07 wakealarm Trigger wakealarm for 1 seconds in the future.
00028 13/12/12 12:55:09 wakealarm Trigger wakealarm for 2 seconds in the future.
00029 13/12/12 12:55:12 wakealarm Trigger wakealarm for 3 seconds in the future.
00030 13/12/12 12:55:16 wakealarm Trigger wakealarm for 4 seconds in the future.
00031 13/12/12 12:55:21 wakealarm PASSED: Test 4, RTC wakealarm triggered and fired
00032 13/12/12 12:55:21 wakealarm successfully.
00033 13/12/12 12:55:21 wakealarm
00034 13/12/12 12:55:21 wakealarm =============================================================
00035 13/12/12 12:55:21 wakealarm 4 passed, 0 failed, 0 warnings, 0 aborted, 0 skipped, 0 info
00036 13/12/12 12:55:21 wakealarm only.
00037 13/12/12 12:55:21 wakealarm ============================================================
^ ^ ^ ^
| | | |
| | | +--- %owner (name of test that ran)
| | |
| | +--- %time
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| +--- %date
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+--- %line (line number)
Also, there is an optional %field that indicates the type of message being logged:
sudo fwts wakealarm --log-format="%line %date %time %field %owner"
..this generates results.log containing:
00013 13/12/12 12:53:11 HED wakealarm Test ACPI Wakealarm.
00014 13/12/12 12:53:11 SEP wakealarm ---------------------------------------------------------
00015 13/12/12 12:53:11 INF wakealarm Test 1 of 4: Check existence of /sys/class/rtc/rtc0
00016 13/12/12 12:53:11 INF wakealarm /wakealarm.
00017 13/12/12 12:53:11 PAS wakealarm PASSED: Test 1, /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm found.
00018 13/12/12 12:53:11 NLN wakealarm
00019 13/12/12 12:53:11 INF wakealarm Test 2 of 4: Trigger wakealarm for 1 seconds in the
00020 13/12/12 12:53:11 INF wakealarm future.
00021 13/12/12 12:53:11 INF wakealarm Trigger wakealarm for 1 seconds in the future.
00022 13/12/12 12:53:11 PAS wakealarm PASSED: Test 2, RTC wakealarm was triggered successfully.
00023 13/12/12 12:53:11 NLN wakealarm
00024 13/12/12 12:53:11 INF wakealarm Test 3 of 4: Check if wakealarm is fired.
00025 13/12/12 12:53:14 PAS wakealarm PASSED: Test 3, RTC wakealarm triggered and fired
00026 13/12/12 12:53:14 PAS wakealarm successfully.
00027 13/12/12 12:53:14 NLN wakealarm
00028 13/12/12 12:53:14 INF wakealarm Test 4 of 4: Multiple wakealarm firing tests.
00029 13/12/12 12:53:14 INF wakealarm Trigger wakealarm for 1 seconds in the future.
00030 13/12/12 12:53:16 INF wakealarm Trigger wakealarm for 2 seconds in the future.
00031 13/12/12 12:53:19 INF wakealarm Trigger wakealarm for 3 seconds in the future.
00032 13/12/12 12:53:23 INF wakealarm Trigger wakealarm for 4 seconds in the future.
00033 13/12/12 12:53:28 PAS wakealarm PASSED: Test 4, RTC wakealarm triggered and fired
00034 13/12/12 12:53:28 PAS wakealarm successfully.
00035 13/12/12 12:53:28 NLN wakealarm
00036 13/12/12 12:53:28 SEP wakealarm =========================================================
00037 13/12/12 12:53:28 SUM wakealarm 4 passed, 0 failed, 0 warnings, 0 aborted, 0 skipped, 0
00038 13/12/12 12:53:28 SUM wakealarm info only.
00039 13/12/12 12:53:28 SEP wakealarm =========================================================
^
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+-----------------------+
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RES = result (PASSED or FAILED)
ERR = error (something fatal happened!)
WRN = warning (not a critical failure, but may need looking at)
DBG = debug output (deprecated)
INF = information fields
SUM = summary
NLN = new line (empty field)
ADV = advice information
HED = heading
TAG = tag information
SEP = separator (just pretty printing)
PAS = Test Passed
FAL = Test Failed
SKP = Test Skipped
ABT = Test Aborted
INO = Information only
use:
fwts --log-fields to show all available fields
One can filter on these fields using --log-filter, e.g.
sudo fwts --log-filter=RES,SUM
.. just collect results and summary of tests
sudo fwts --log-filter=ALL,~SEP
.. all fields except the separators
One can also re-arrange or modify the log format using --log-format, e.g.
sudo fwts --log-format="%line %field %time: " mtrr -
this produces:
00011 SEP 12:13:07: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
00012 INF 12:13:07: MTRR overview
00013 INF 12:13:07: -------------
00014 INF 12:13:07: Reg 0: 0x00000000ffc00000 - 0x0000000100000000 ( 4 MB) Write-Protect
00015 INF 12:13:07: Reg 1: 0x0000000000000000 - 0x0000000080000000 ( 2048 MB) Write-Back
00016 INF 12:13:07: Reg 2: 0x0000000080000000 - 0x00000000c0000000 ( 1024 MB) Write-Back
00017 INF 12:13:07: Reg 3: 0x00000000c0000000 - 0x00000000e0000000 ( 512 MB) Write-Back
00018 INF 12:13:07: Reg 4: 0x00000000dc000000 - 0x00000000e0000000 ( 64 MB) Uncached
00019 INF 12:13:07: Reg 5: 0x00000000db000000 - 0x00000000dc000000 ( 16 MB) Uncached
00020 INF 12:13:07: Reg 6: 0x0000000100000000 - 0x0000000180000000 ( 2048 MB) Write-Back
00021 INF 12:13:07: Reg 7: 0x0000000180000000 - 0x00000001a0000000 ( 512 MB) Write-Back
00022 INF 12:13:07: Reg 8: 0x000000019f000000 - 0x00000001a0000000 ( 16 MB) Uncached
00023 INF 12:13:07: Reg 9: 0x000000019e800000 - 0x000000019f000000 ( 8 MB) Uncached
00024 NLN 12:13:07:
00025 INF 12:13:07: Test 1 of 3: Validate the kernel MTRR IOMEM setup.
00026 PAS 12:13:07: PASSED: Test 1, Memory ranges seem to have correct attributes.
00027 NLN 12:13:07:
00028 INF 12:13:07: Test 2 of 3: Validate the MTRR setup across all processors.
00029 PAS 12:13:07: PASSED: Test 2, All processors have the a consistent MTRR setup.
00030 NLN 12:13:07:
00031 INF 12:13:07: Test 3 of 3: Check for AMD MtrrFixDramModEn being cleared by the BIOS.
00032 SKP 12:13:07: SKIPPED: Test 3, CPU is not an AMD, cannot test.
00033 NLN 12:13:07:
00034 SEP 12:13:07: ================================================================================
00035 SUM 12:13:07: 2 passed, 0 failed, 0 warnings, 0 aborted, 1 skipped, 0 info only.
00036 SEP 12:13:07: ================================================================================
Available fields are:
%line - log line number
%time - current time
%date - current date
%owner - name of the test program (the owner of the the current test)
%field - the 3 letter record identifier field (e.g. SEP, RES, etc..)
Test Progress Feedback
======================
Use the --show-progress to dump out the test progress to stderr. Output is as follows:
Test: Test ACPI Wakealarm.
Check existence of /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm. 1 passed
Trigger wakealarm for 1 seconds in the future. 1 passed
Check if wakealarm is fired. 1 passed
Multiple wakealarm firing tests. 1 passed
PASSED or FAILED?
=================
The --stdout-summary flag outputs to stdout PASSED or FAILED if test(s) passed or failed. It's essentially
for one-shot test modes where you want to run one test and see if it passed or failed without having to
look at the results log, e.g.
sudo fwts mtrr --stdout-summary
The exit code returns 1 for test failure and 0 for test success, so the
test suite can be run from a shell script and one can detect if the test worked or not, e.g.
#!/bin/bash
LOG=stdout
sudo fwts dmi_decode --results-output=$LOG
failed=$?
Resources
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fwts git repository:
git://kernel.ubuntu.com/hwe/fwts.git
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/hwe/fwts.git/
fwts reference guide:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FirmwareTestSuite/Reference
fwts LiveCD:
http://fwts.ubuntu.com/fwts-live/