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NAME

       fwts - a firmware test suite to identify firmware bugs.

SYNOPSIS

       fwts [options] [test(s)]

DESCRIPTION

       This  manual  page  documents  briefly  the  fwts  firmware  test suite.  The tool fwts is
       comprised of over fifty tests that are designed to examine and test different  aspects  of
       PC  firmware.   Many  of these tests need super user access to extract tables and interact
       with the firmware and ACPI, so running fwts using sudo is required.
       Running fwts with no options will run through all the batch tests  that  require  no  user
       interaction.  However, one can select just specific tests to run if required.

       By default fwts outputs the test results into the log file results.log however a different
       log file name can be specified and  if  required,  output  to  stderr  or  stdout  can  be
       selected.

       Note  that  there  a variety of tests, including tests that can potentially hang a machine
       (such as a suspend/hibernate/resume).

OPTIONS

       fwts options are as follow:

       -      output results to stdout.

       --acpica
              enable ACPICA execution mode options. These can be specified as a  comma  separated
              list  of  one  or  more  options.   Avaiable  options  are:  serialized (serialized
              execution of AML), slack (run in less pedeantic mode), ignore-errors (ignore ACPICA
              exception  errors),  disable-auto-repair  (disable ACPICA from automatically fixing
              broken ACPICA controls).  Note that the slack mode will turn on implicit returns of
              zero  on  control  methods  to  attempt  to  allow buggy AML to work on non-Windows
              systems.

       --acpica-debug
              enable ACPICA debug warning and error messages when invoking the ACPICA  subsystem.
              This is mainly for fwts developers to help track down any ACPICA interfacing issues
              with fwts.

       --acpicompliance
              run only  those  tests  that  specifically  check  for  compliance  with  the  ACPI
              specifications.  This may be a subset of the ACPI tests.

       --acpitests
              run all general ACPI tests.

       -a, --all
              run all the tests.

       --arch=name
              specify  the  target architecture whose firmware is being tested.  This allows fwts
              to  run  on  one  architecture  (the  host)  but  perform  tests  for  a  different
              architecture  (the target).  Known architecture strings are: x86, x86_32, or x86_64
              for Intel; ia64 for Itanium; arm64 or aarch64 for ARMv8.   Unless  this  option  is
              specified, the target is assumed to be the same as the host.

       -b, --batch
              run the non-interactive batch tests. Batch tests require no user interaction.

       --batch-experimental
              run only batch experimental tests.

       --clog specify a coreboot logfile dump.

       --disassemble-aml
              disassemble AML (ACPI machine language) byte code. This attempts to disassemble AML
              in DSDT and SSDT tables and generates DSDT.dsl and SSDTx.dsl sources.

       -d, --dump
              extracts firmware data and dumps it into log files. This generates:
              acpidump.log - containing a hex dump of the ACPI tables (which can  be  read  using
              acpixtract).
              dmesg.log - containing the current kernel log messages.
              dmidecode.log - containing the output from dmidecode.
              lspci.log - containing the output from lspci -vv -nn
              cpuinfo.log - containing the output from cat /proc/cpuinfo
              README.txt - containing a timestamp and kernel version information.

       --dumpfile=acpidump.log
              load ACPI tables from output generated from acpidump or from sudo fwts --dump.  The
              latter is preferred as fwts --dump is able to dump more tables than acpidump.  This
              allows  one to dump tables from one machine and processes them with fwts on another
              machine.

       --ebbr run ARM EBBR tests.

       --uefi-get-var-multiple
              specifies the number of times to get a variable in the uefirtvariable get  variable
              stress test.

       --uefi-set-var-multiple
              specifies  the number of times to set a variable in the uefirtvariable set variable
              stress test.

       --uefi-query-var-multiple
              specifies the number of times to query  a  variable  in  the  uefirtvariable  query
              variable stress test.

       --uefitests
              run all general UEFI tests.

       --filter-error-discard
              specifies  the  errors  that  one  wants  to silently ignore.  One supplies a comma
              sperated list of fwts error message labels that one wants fwts  to  not  report  as
              errors. fwts will run the test but if there is a test failure and the label matches
              the one supplied in this list fwts will then just ignore this error. This cannot be
              used with --filter-error-keep.

       --filter-error-keep
              specifies the errors that one wants to keep, all other errors are silently ignored.
              One supplies a comma sperated list of fwts error message labels that one wants fwts
              report  as  errors,  other test failures will be not reported and silently ignored.
              This cannot be used with --filter-error-discard.

       -f, --force-clean
              creates a new results log file, rather than just  appending  to  any  existing  one
              (default).

       -h, --help
              outputs the internal help page.

       -i, --interactive
              run the interactive tests. These tests require user interaction.

       --ifv  run tests in firmware-vendor modes.

       --interactive-experimental
              run only interactive experimental tests.

       -j, --json-data-path
              specifies  the path to the fwts json data files. These files contain json formatted
              configuration tables, for example klog scanning patterns.

       -k, --klog=file
              read the kernel log from the specified file rather than from the  kernel  log  ring
              buffer.  This  allows one to run the kernel log scanning tests such as klog against
              pre-gathered log data.

       --log-fields
              show the available log filtering fields. Specifying these fields with  --log-filter
              to select which fields one wants to log.

       --log-filter
              specify  which  particular  types  of log data to be output into the log file. Each
              line of log data is tagged with a special marker depending  on  what  type  of  log
              information  is being output. The available types can be see by using --log-fields.
              Specify the desired log types with comma separated list. To disable a field, prefix
              the name with ~, for example:
              --log-filter=RES,SUM  logs just the results and summary lines.
              --log-filter=ALL,~INF  logs all lines except for the information lines.

       --log-format
              specify the information in each log line. The following specifiers are available:
              %date  - date
              %time  - time
              %field - log-filter fields
              %owner - name of the test routine
              %level - test failure level
              %line  - log line
              e.g. --log-format="%date %time [%field] (%owner): "

       --log-level [critical|high|medium|low|info|all]
              specify the test failure level to log. Test failure levels equal to and higher than
              the specified are logged and recorded as failures. The default is 'all'  (which  is
              identical  to  'info').   For  example,  a log level of 'medium' will just log test
              failures of level 'medium',  'high'  and  'critical',  where  as  a  log  level  of
              'critical' will just log 'critical' level failures.

       --log-type
              specify the log type. Currently plaintext, json and xml log types are available and
              the default is plaintext.

       --lspci=path
              specify the full path and filename to the the lspci binary.

       -P, --power-states
              run S3 and S4 power state tests (s3, s4 tests)

       --results-no-separators
              no pretty printing of horizontal separators in the results log file.

       -r, --results-output=filename
              specify the results output log file.  One can also specify  stdout  and  stderr  to
              redirect to these output streams.

       -R, --rsdp=physaddr
              specify  the physical address of ACPI RSDP. This is useful on some systems where it
              cannot be automatically detected.

       --pm-method=method
              specify the power method to use to enter S3 or S4 (or autodetection will be  used).
              The following specifiers are available:
              logind   - the default method, where available (requires dbus and logind).
              pm-utils - the previous default method, now deprecated.
              sysfs    - the fallback, used when logind is not available.
              e.g. --pm-method=sysfs

       --s3-delay-delta=N
              time to be added onto delay between each S3 iteration.

       --s3-device-check
              check  differences between device configurations over a S3 cycle. Note this adds 15
              seconds delay after each s3 resume to allow wifi to re-associate.

       --s3-device-check-delay
              specify the time to wait while devices re-configure  (e.g.  wifi  to  re-associate,
              ethernet  to connect..)  before a device configuration check is run. The default is
              15 seconds.  If this option is used the device checking is assumed so one does  not
              also need to use the --s3-device-check flag.

       --s3-hybrid
              enables fwts to run Hybrid Sleep.

       --s3-min-delay=N
              minimum time between S3 iterations.

       --s3-max-delay=N
              maximum time between S3 iterations.

       --s3-multiple=N
              specified  the  number of multiple S3 suspend/resume tests to run. The default is 2
              tests.

       --s3-resume-hook=hookscript
              specifies a script or program to run after each  S3  resume.  The  hookscript  must
              return 0 to indicate success, or non-zero to indicate failure.  Failures will abort
              subsequent S3 test iterations.

       --s3-quirks=--quirk[,--quirk]
              specify a comma separated list of  quirk  arguments  to  pass  to  pm-suspend,  for
              example: --s3-quirks=--quirk-s3-bios,--quirk-save-pci

       --s3-sleep-delay=N
              sleep  N  seconds  from the start of the suspend to the wakeup time. Note that this
              time MUST be longer than the time it takes to suspend  the  machine  otherwise  the
              wakeup timer will fire during the suspend state. The default is 30 seconds.

       --s3-suspend-time=N
              specify  the  maximum allowed suspend time in seconds. If suspend takes longer than
              this then an error is logged.

       --s3-resume-time=N
              specify the maximum allowed resume time in seconds. If  resume  takes  longer  than
              this then an error is logged.

       --s3power-sleep-delay=N
              specify  the  suspend  duration in seconds.  The higher the value the more accurate
              the s3power test result.  Durations less than 10 minutes are not recommended.

       --s4-delay-delta=N
              time to be added onto delay between each S4 iteration.

       --s4-device-check
              check differences between device configurations over a S4 cycle. Note this adds  15
              seconds delay after each s3 resume to allow wifi to re-associate.

       --s4-device-check-delay
              specify  the  time  to  wait while devices re-configure (e.g. wifi to re-associate,
              ethernet to connect..)  before a device configuration check is run. The default  is
              15  seconds.  If this option is used the device checking is assumed so one does not
              also need to use the --s4-device-check flag.

       --s4-min-delay=N
              minimum time between S4 iterations.

       --s4-max-delay=N
              maximum time between S4 iterations.

       --s4-multiple=N
              specified the number of multiple S4 hibernate/resume tests to run. The default is 2
              tests.

       --s4-quirks=--quirk[,--quirk]
              specify  a  comma  separated  list  of quirk arguments to pass to pm-hibernate, for
              example: --s4-quirks=--quirk-save-pci

       --s4-sleep-delay=N
              sleep N seconds from the start of the hibernate to the wakeup time. Note that  this
              time  MUST  be longer than the time it takes to hibernate the machine otherwise the
              wakeup timer will fire during the hibernate state.  The  default  is  currently  90
              seconds.

       --sbbr run ARM SBBR tests

       -p, --show-progress
              show  the progress of the tests being run. Each test will identified as it is being
              run. For long tests, a percentage of completion time will be displayed. As of  fwts
              0.19.06 this is enabled by default and can be disabled with --quiet (or -q).

       -q, --quiet
              run quietly with no output to stdout.

       -D, --show-progress-dialog
              output  the progress of tests being run in a form that can be piped into the dialog
              tool with the --gauge option.

       -s, --show-tests
              show the names of available tests. By default will show all tests. Use the --batch,
              --interactive, --batch-experimental, --interactive-experimental, --utils options to
              show these specific tests.

       --show-tests-full
              show all the available tests listed by minor test description. By default will show
              all     tests.    Use    the    --batch,    --interactive,    --batch-experimental,
              --interactive-experimental options to show these specific tests.

       --show-tests-categories
              show all the available tests and the categories they belong to.

       --skip-test=test[,test..]
              specify tests to skip over and not run. List must be comma separated.

       --stdout-summary
              output SUCCESS or FAILED to stdout at end of tests.

       -t, --table-path=path
              specify the path containing ACPI tables. These tables  need  to  be  named  in  the
              format:  tablename.dat,  for  example  DSDT.dat,  for  example,  as extracted using
              acpidump or fwts --dump and then acpixtract.

       -u, --utils
              run utilities. Designed to dump system information, such as annotated ACPI  tables,
              CMOS memory, Int 15 E820 memory map, firmware ROM data.

       -v, --version
              output version number and build date of the fwts tool.

       -w, --width=N
              specify the width in characters of the output logfile. The default is 130.

EXAMPLES

       Run all the batch tests and append the results into the default log results.log:
               sudo fwts

       Run all the interactive tests and start a clean results log called interactive.log:
               sudo fwts -i -f -r interactive.log

       Run all the tests, interactive and batch:
               sudo fwts -i -b

       Run just the battery and cpufreq tests:
               sudo fwts battery cpufreq

       Run all the batch tests and define a new log format using just the date and line number:
               sudo fwts --log-format="%date %line: "

       Run all the interative tests and log just the results, info and summary data:
               sudo fwts -i --log-filter=RES,INF,SUM

       Dump all the interesting firmware information into log files for analysis later:
               sudo fwts --dump

       View kernel and ACPI driver version and BIOS information:
               sudo fwts  -w 80 -r stdout  version bios_info --log-filter=INF --log-format=""

       Show the batch and batch experimental tests:
               fwts --show-tests --batch --batch-experimental

       Run  multiple  S3  tests  with delay between each test ranging from 1 second to 10 seconds
       with a delay delta per test of 0.2 seconds
               sudo    fwts    s3    --s3-multiple=100     --s3-min-delay=1     --s3-max-delay=10
               --s3-delay-delta=0.2

SEE ALSO

       iasl(1), acpixtract(1), acpidump(1), dtc(1), dmidecode(8), lspci(8)

AUTHOR

       fwts was originally written by Colin King with much of the original test code derived from
       the Intel  Linux  Firmware  test  kit.   Many  thanks  also  for  contributions  from  (in
       alpabetical  order):  AceLan Kao, Al Stone, Alberto Milone, Alex Hung, Anthony Wong, Chris
       Goldsworthy, Chris Van Hoof, David Ward, Deb McLemore, Erico Nunes, Fan Wu, Fu  Wei,  Heyi
       Guo,  Ivan Hu, Jeffrey Hugo, Jeremy Kerr, Jiri Vohanka, Kamal Mostafa, Keng-Yu Lin, Mahesh
       Bireddy, Matt Flemimg, Naresh Bhat, Paul Menzel, Phidias Chiang,  Pradeep  Gaddam,  Prarit
       Bhargava,  Rajat  Goyal,  Ricardo  Neri,  Robert  Hooker,  Rudolf Marek, Sakar Arora, Seth
       Forshee, Yang Kun, Yi Li and Zhang Rui.

       This manual page was written by Colin King for the Ubuntu project  (but  may  be  used  by
       others).

       This  is  free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not
       even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

                                         24 August, 2017                                  FWTS(1)