bits-365 released with these changes:

• New tests on the test menu, converted from exploratory options to pass/fail tests:

  • SMI latency test (requires less than 150 microseconds maximum latency)
  • C-state residency test (requires at least 85% residency for both core and package C-states)

• Change the default test verbosity level to show detailed information about failures.

• Split out and extend the MSR consistency test for Sandy Bridge EP

• Add a warning to the SMI test that touching the keyboard could affect the results

• Backported a GRUB2 fix making the pager environment variable work correctly (bzr revno 3106)

• Test command improvements:

  • Support --cpu in test_msr
  • Add a --quiet option to the cpu command
  • Improve documentation for cpu --env

• Fun and exciting hacks to make the test_verbose environment variable work properly when set from a submenu

• Various formatting and wordsmithing improvements to test text