[Hwcert-announce-list] RESEND: Red Hat Hardware Certification Policy Guide (6.0-1.0-7) Now Available

[Engineering Partner Management]

Note: This is a resend of an announcement that was originally sent on 
9/15/2011. It was not previously delivered to members of 
hwcert-announce-list as intended.

Greetings Red Hat Worldwide Partners,

Red Hat is pleased to announce the availability of the Red Hat Hardware 
Certification Policy Guide 6.0-1.0-7 and Hardware Catalog update for 
official hardware certification purposes with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 
and 6. This updated policy guide (version 6.0-1.0-7) and the policies it 
contains supersedes previous versions of the Red Hat Hardware 
Certification Policy Guide.  The policies contained in the Red Hat 
Hardware Certification Policy Guide (6.0-1.0-7) will be applied to new 
hardware certifications effective immediately.

The Red Hat Hardware Certification Policy Guide (6.0-1.0-7) is available 
at the following location:

https://hardware.redhat.com/doc/


Highlights of the Hardware Certification Policy Guide (6.0-1.0-7) include:

* Chapter 5 "Red Hat Enterprise MRG Realtime Certification" of the 
policy guide is deprecated. Specifically,
   - MRG Realtime certifications are now model based instead of specific 
configuration based.
   - MRG Realtime certifications are now handled as a supplemental 
certification to an original RHEL certification.

   These changes combine to reduce the overall testing effort required 
by to certify hardware systems against Red Hat Enterprise MRG Realtime. 
MRG Realtime certifications are generally performed in-house by Red Hat.

* Tech Preview drivers are now explicitly described as not usable during 
certification.

Highlights of the Hardware Catalog update include:

* Minor bug fixes/features outlined in the change log below.

If you encounter any problems or have any comments regarding the Red Hat 
Hardware Certification Policy Guide RC, please file bugs against the 
'Red Hat Hardware Certification Program' product in Red Hat Bugzilla 
(https://bugzilla.redhat.com).


Red Hat Hardware Certification Policy Guide RC 6.0-1.0-6 and 6.0-1.0-7 
change log:

Bug 729093 - MRG Realtime policy should support models over configurations.
Bug 729122 - Policy guide should integrate MRG Realtime as RHEL option/ ...
Bug 737681 - Feat: Policy Guide should be explicit about tech preview

Red Hat Hardware Catalog update change log:

Bug 494426 - catalog does not reset the bug summary when the 
vendor/make/ ...
Bug 525197 - Can every cert published on hardware.redhat.com can have a 
link ...
Bug 548646 - The limitation memory amount detected by catalog
Bug 569708 - Feat: catalog should prevent vendor unchecking the test-IDs ...
Bug 578400 - FEAT: Catalog should highlight the change of URL field
Bug 583875 - FEAT: Set needinfo on TAM autoly on closure of certs that 
don't ...
Bug 626317 - Plan table can be frozen even though some entries does not 
have ...
Bug 699659 - Catalog resolve error
Bug 712161 - Advanced search returns incomplete result set when 
searching ...


Red Hat values your ongoing participation and testing in the Red Hat 
Enterprise Linux development, testing, and certification efforts. Thank 
you for your continued partnership. If you have any questions or 
comments, please do not hesitate to contact your Partner Manager or 
Technical Account Manager.

Regards,

The Red Hat Hardware Certification Team