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[Dell Latitude 3340] fwts uefirtvariable test will stuck on the second "GetNextVariableName" test

Bug #1326669 reported by Po-Hsu Lin
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
fwts (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Ivan Hu

Bug Description

CID: 201312-14381 Dell Latitude 3340

Steps:
1. Install 14.04 and fwts
2. Run "sudo fwts uefirtvariable" in the terminal

Expected result:
* System go through all 7 tests

Actual result:
* It stuck on the second one, "Test 2 of 7: Test UEFI RT service get next variable name interface.
"

Log
ubuntu@201312-14381:~$ sudo fwts uefirtvariable
Running 1 tests, results appended to results.log
Test: UEFI Runtime service variable interface tests.
  Test UEFI RT service get variable interface. 1 passed
  Test UEFI RT service get next variable name interface. : 14.3% |

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: fwts 14.03.01-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Jun 5 02:29:02 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-06-05 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
SourcePackage: fwts
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew) wrote :
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Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew) wrote :
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Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew) wrote :

FWTS version

ubuntu@201312-14381:~$ dpkg -l | grep fwts
ii fwts 14.03.01-0ubuntu2 amd64 FirmWare Test Suite
ii fwts-efi-runtime-dkms 14.03.01-0ubuntu2 amd64 Firmware Test Suite UEFI Runtime Service kernel driver
ii libfwts1 14.03.01-0ubuntu2 amd64 FirmWare Test Suite core support library
ii libfwtsacpica1 14.03.01-0ubuntu2 amd64 FirmWare Test Suite ACPICA core built for acpiexec functionality
ii libfwtsiasl1 14.03.01-0ubuntu2 amd64 FirmWare Test Suite ACPICA core built for iasl functionality

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Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew) wrote :

Hmm.... I think it just took a very long time to run.
Mark this bug to triaged, will be a won't fix is there is no such problem.

Changed in fwts (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
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Ivan Hu (ivan.hu) wrote :

It is due to the efi_runtime driver brings the user space to the firmware, and has fixed in the fwts V14.05.00,
Please help to update it to fwts V14.05.00 on stable ppa,

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:firmware-testing-team/ppa-fwts-stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install fwts

Changed in fwts (Ubuntu):
assignee: Anthony Wong (anthonywong) → Ivan Hu (ivan.hu)
status: Triaged → Fix Released
Daniel Manrique (roadmr)
Changed in fwts (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
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