[Hwcert-announce-list] Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite (hwcert-client-1.7.0-62.1) Beta 3 Package Available

Tue Dec 17 20:11:08 UTC 2013

Greetings Red Hat Partners,

We are pleased to announce the availability of the Red Hat Hardware 
Certification Test Suite 1.7.0 Beta 3 (hwcert-client-1.7.0-62.1) for 
testing purposes with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 test releases.

The Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite 1.7.0 Beta 3 package 
(hwcert-client-1.7.0-62.1) is *not* an official release and should *not* 
be used for Red Hat Enterprise Linux certification submissions. The 
current Red Hat hwcert-client Hardware Test Suites 
(hwcert-client-1.5.10-2 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x and 
hwcert-client-1.6.5-25.1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x) should 
continue to be used for official certifications.

We are not yet accepting certifications on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. A 
separate announcement will be sent to partners indicating when official 
certifications for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 will begin.

The Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite Beta 3 is available at the 
following location:

hwcert-client package
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ftp://partners.redhat.com/a166eabc5cf5df158922f9b06e5e7b21/hwcert/RHEL7/hwcert-client/1.7.0/

Required hwcert-client-info package
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ftp://partners.redhat.com/a166eabc5cf5df158922f9b06e5e7b21/hwcert/RHEL7/hwcert-client-info/1.7.0/

Highlights of the hwcert-client-1.7.0-62.1 test suite beta 3 include:

* The hwcert-client-1.7.0-62.1 package only supports Red Hat Enterprise 
Linux 7.0 Public Beta and later releases.

* The hwcert-client-info-1.7.0-62.1 package is downloadable separately. 
The info test will continue to issue a failure as kernel values for 
RHEL7 are not present.

* Testers should use the RHEL 6 hwcert-server-1.6.5 package on a RHEL 6 
machine to function as the test server. While a hwcert-server.el7 
package is available in the test directory, it is suggested only for 
exploratory testing at this time.

* During Beta 3 testing, testers should use the RHEL 6 versions of the 
dt, lmbench, and stress packages, which are not yet available for RHEL 
7. They can be downloaded from this location and then installed on your 
RHEL 7 test system:

ftp://partners.redhat.com/a166eabc5cf5df158922f9b06e5e7b21/hwcert/RHEL6/

* With the fix for kernel Bug#904903 available in RHEL7 Public Beta, the 
profiler test is re-enabled.

* The fv_* tests are enabled but will fail as RHEL7 requires updated 
guest images (bug #1034808) and will display a missing dependency prompt 
on the python-virtinst package (bug #1018299).

* The video test will fail and display a missing dependency on the 
xorg-x11-apps package (bug #965335).

* The USB3 test no longer immediately fails when a USB2 device is 
plugged in during testing.

* New capability specific 10GigEthernet, 1GigEthernet, and 
100MegEthernet tests are added and will plan by default on the 
appropriate devices. This will avoiding needing to rerun the network 
test because of incorrect connections.

* New capability-specific WirelessG and WirelessN tests are added and 
will plan by default on the appropriate devices.

* The wlan and network tests are called from the WirelessX tests, 
avoiding the need to run each of them separately on wireless adapters.

* The expresscard test now also uses dmidecode data to discover 
expresscard hardware.

* New capability-specific USB2 and USB3 usb tests are added and will 
plan by default on the appropriate devices.

* The usb test will now record the port type that has been tested.

* The 'hwcert' command will attempt to submit previously run, but not 
submitted, test results to the hardware catalog before testing.

* The 'hwcert' command will print a summary, similar to the old 'v7 
print' command, at the end of the current run. It will be displayed 
before prompting to submit or save the results to the hardware catalog 
or hwcert-server.

* Results xml.gz files can be viewed, downloaded locally, and uploaded 
to the hardware catalog using the hwcert-server package web interface at:

   http://{hwcert-server-IP}/hwcert/

* The pcmcia-utils package has been deprecated, thus the pccard test 
will be removed (bug #916356).

The hwcert-client-1.7.0-62.1 package has been tested against RHEL7.0 
Public Beta on the x86_64, ppc64, and s390x architectures. If you 
encounter any problems, please file bugs against the 'Red Hat Hardware 
Certification Program' product in Red Hat Bugzilla 
(https://bugzilla.redhat.com).

Changelog between hwcert-client-1.7.0-62.1 beta 3 and 
hwcert-client-1.7.0-42 beta 2:

1028199 - profiler test is disabled
1019523 - hwcert-client-info should be split off as a separate ...
1011727 - hwcert-client package should require usbutils for ...
  969013 - [1.7] Audio test hangs - no "killall" installed.
  906787 - v7 cannot handle yum errors
1015697 - hwcert command should ask for login/password on login ...
1013866 - USB3 doesn't retry
1009753 - fv_* test provides incorrect error messages when image ...
1013862 - hwcert-backend submit traceback on submit
1013870 - help output includes a "push" command
1004985 - Hwcert Traceback when selecting n to submitting to test server
1013865 - hwcert-backend submit tracebacks
1013047 - hwcert command does not offer the option to save results ...
1012967 - hwcert-backend save error saving from files stored on ...
1012943 - hwcert server start/status has lmbench and httpd errors
1012195 - RHEL6.5 storage test failure: "could not find storage ...
1011638 - error saving to test server: global name 'serverPath' is ...
1012070 - FEAT: expresscard test should use dmidecode data to plan ...
1012067 - FEAT: hwcert-server should provide a push result to ...
1002768 - FEAT: hwcert-client should indicate why it hasn't ...
1006608 - FEAT: add a new USB3 and USB2 tests
963289 - [FEAT] USB test need to list usb version related info for ...
1010403 - fv_* test provides incorrect error messages when image ...
  984033 - with empty input, hwcert will crash.
  984742 - Hwcert Traceback when selecting n to submitting to test server
1010011 - FEAT: add a new type-specific tests for N and G
1009471 - wlan test expects the interface to have the name "wlan"
1009077 - FEAT: add a new speed-specific network tests
1016711 - FEAT: hwcert-server should display and allow for download ...
1002766 - FEAT: hwcert command should prompt the user about pushing ...

Known issues list for hwcert-client-1.7.0-62.1 beta 3:

1034808 - RHEL7 FV tests should use updated KVM guest image ...
  916356 - FEAT: Retire the pccard test
1018299 - RHEL7 does not include python-virtinst required by ...
  965335 - video: no xorg-x11-apps package in RHEL7 needed for ...

We value your ongoing participation 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