** Summary changed: - backport fwts UEFI test driver top Xenial + backport fwts UEFI test driver to Xenial
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1633506 Title: backport fwts UEFI test driver to Xenial Status in linux package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug description: [SRU Justification, XENIAL] The fwts UEFI test driver is now upstream in Linux 4.9 and also in the Ubuntu Yakkety 4.8 kernel, so it would be useful for fwts support to add it into the Xenial kernel as default (for example Xenial bases fwts snaps as we can dispense with the DKMS module support). [Fix] Upstream commit ff6301dabc3ca20ab8f50f8d0252ac05da610d8 "efi: Add efi_test driver for exporting UEFI runtime service interfaces" This patch requires a minor patch wiggle on the Makefile and Kconfig to backport to Xenial. [Test] Build fwts from the source and run on a Xenial kernel w/o the fwts dpkg based efi driver and run "sudo fwts --uefitests -" and the tests will fail. Install the fixed kernel with the driver and the tests will now run because the module is loaded by fwts and we can now exercise the UEFI run time interfaces from fwts as root. [Regression Potential] This adds test functionality and will not impact on any other driver or subsystem. To access these test interfaces one requires root privileges, so risk of normal unprivileged uses accessing UEFI run time services are zero. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1633506/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
