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List:       fwts-devel
Subject:    Re: [HPE] FWTS test results
From:       Alex Hung <alex.hung () canonical ! com>
Date:       2021-06-22 17:48:21
Message-ID: CAJ=jquaOw+5TycTxbvZ94=x5SZQi9fD+Djhc+s0PniXe9Zhwqw () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 2:37 AM Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
wrote:

> On 22/06/2021 05:53, Alex Hung wrote:
> >
> >
>
> ... stuff deleted ...
>
> >
> >
> > This test was recently added and this is a conclusion of ACPI
> > Specification Work Group (ASWG) discussion - ex. for a BIOS to claim
> > it's ACPI-compliant, BIOS at least needs to match ACPI tables revision
> > in ACPI spec vs. ACPI spec version. Therefore, FWTS reports the
> > mismatched table in your BIOS.
> >
> > Please refer https://uefi.org/node/4185 to for more details, ex.
> >
> > /Conforming to a given ACPI specification means that *each and every
> > ACPI-related table conforms to the version number for that table that is
> > listed in that version of the specification*."/
> >
>
> It maybe worth expanding the error message to explain that failure case.
>

That's a good idea. A patch was sent for review.

>
> >
> > --
> > Cheers,
> > Alex Hung
> >
>
>

-- 
Cheers,
Alex Hung

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<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" \
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div></div><br><div \
class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 2:37 AM \
Colin Ian King &lt;<a \
href="mailto:colin.king@canonical.com">colin.king@canonical.com</a>&gt; \
wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px \
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 22/06/2021 05:53, \
Alex Hung wrote:<br> &gt; <br>
&gt; <br>
<br>
... stuff deleted ...<br>
<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; This test was recently added and this is a conclusion of ACPI<br>
&gt; Specification Work Group (ASWG) discussion - ex. for a BIOS to claim<br>
&gt; it&#39;s ACPI-compliant, BIOS at least needs to match ACPI tables revision<br>
&gt; in ACPI spec vs. ACPI spec version. Therefore, FWTS reports the<br>
&gt; mismatched table in your BIOS.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Please refer <a href="https://uefi.org/node/4185" rel="noreferrer" \
target="_blank">https://uefi.org/node/4185</a> to for more details, ex.<br> &gt; <br>
&gt; /Conforming to a given ACPI specification means that *each and every<br>
&gt; ACPI-related table conforms to the version number for that table that is<br>
&gt; listed in that version of the specification*."/<br>
&gt; <br>
<br>
It maybe worth expanding the error message to explain that failure \
case.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" \
class="gmail_default"></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" \
class="gmail_default">That&#39;s a good idea. A patch was sent for review.</div><div \
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"></div><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid \
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> <br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; -- <br>
&gt; Cheers,<br>
&gt; Alex Hung<br>
&gt; <br>
<br>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" \
class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Cheers,<br>Alex Hung<br></div></div></div>


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