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Ubuntu Kernel Developer releases Firmware Test Suite

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“Colin Ian King, an Ubuntu Kernel Developer, has released
Firmware Test Suite (fwts), a tool for the automatic testing of a
PC’s firmware. King explains in a blog posting that many subtle or
vexing kernel issues can be caused when a PC’s firmware is buggy
and so a tool to automatically check for BIOS and ACPI errors is
useful. Fwts incorporates over thirty tests and is able to offer
advice on how to fix, or workaround issues, that it finds.”


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