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# Blog posts tagged *"FWTS"*

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[Alex Hung](https://canonical.com/blog/author/alexhung)

8 July 2019

### [Analyze ACPI Tables in a Text File with FWTS](https://canonical.com/blog/analyze-acpi-tables-in-a-text-file-with-fwts)

Cloud and server

Ubuntu tech blog

I often need to implement tests for new ACPI tables before they become available on real hardware. Fortunately, FWTS provides a framework to read ACPI tables’ binary. The below technique is especially convenient for ACPI firmware and OS kernel developers. It provides a simple approach to verifying ACPI tables without compiling firmware an ...

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[Alex Hung](https://canonical.com/blog/author/alexhung)

4 June 2019

### [Debug ACPI Tables with Firmware Test Suite (FWTS)](https://canonical.com/blog/debug-acpi-tables-with-firmware-test-suite-fwts)

Cloud and server

Ubuntu tech blog

In my previous two articles, ACPI AML Debugger in Ubuntu 18.04 & Debug AML (DSD & SSDT) with ACPICA Utilities, I discussed techniques for AML debugging; however the ACPI specification includes many other important tables. Firmware Test Suite (FWTS) is a test suite (as the name indicates) that can play a big role in debugging ...

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