[Hwcert-announce-list] Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite (hwcert-client-1.6.4-49) Beta Package Available

[Engineering Partner Management]

Greetings Red Hat Partners,

We are pleased to announce the availability of the Red Hat Hardware 
Certification Test Suite Beta (hwcert-client-1.6.4-49) for testing 
purposes with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x releases.

The Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite Beta package 
(hwcert-client-1.6.4-49) is *not* an official release and should be 
*not* used for Red Hat Enterprise Linux certification submissions. The 
current Red Hat v7 Hardware Test Suite (v7-1.6.4-22) should continue to 
be used for official Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x certifications.

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

ftp://partners.redhat.com/a166eabc5cf5df158922f9b06e5e7b21/hwcert/RHEL6/hwcert-client/1.6.4/


Highlights of the hwcert-client-1.6.4-49 test suite beta include:

* The test suite name is changed from v7 to hwcert-client.

* The hwcert-client-1.6.4-49 package only supports Red Hat Enterprise 
Linux 6.x releases. This continues the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 
version-specific test suite split introduced with v7-1.6 for Red Hat 
Enterprise Linux 6.x.

* The command "hwcert" (/usr/bin/hwcert) is introduced as the new 
default command. This command will attempt to complete any outstanding 
tests to certify the system while avoiding duplicate testing. This 
command behaves similarly to the previous "v7 certify" command.

* Test servers are standardized on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and are 
required to use the hwcert-server-1.6 package.

* The "plan" step is automated in the hwcert command and does not need 
to be manually run.

* A new package called "hwcert-client-info" is added. This package 
contains product release information, including kernel versions, that 
can be used by the test suite in environments where the the Red Hat 
partner FTP server cannot be reached to retrieve the latest product 
information.

* The results RPMs data format is now deprecated. Results RPMs are no 
longer built during the submit step.

* The previous manual "v7" command behavior is migrated to the 
"hwcert-backend" command.

* New hwcert{arch} and hwcertData images for the fv-* tests are provided on:

ftp://partners.redhat.com/a166eabc5cf5df158922f9b06e5e7b21/hwcert/RHEL5/fv-images/

The FV guest images here are identical to those used with previous v7 
releases. The hwcert-data image is a beta image containing the beta test 
suite hwcert-client-1.5.9-28.el5 for the RHEL5 + Xen based FV guest images.


The hwcert-client-1.6.4-49 package has been tested against RHEL6.4 on 
the x86, 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 v7-1.6.4-22 and hwcert-client-1.6.4-49:

453628 - ... device already in the test plan may be manually added again
755008 - v7 storage test should allow testing of all devices for ...
822249 - clocktest jitter test don't allow for large cpu count
846468 - BW_TCP utility yields inconsistent results.
882093 - [FEAT]v7's network should reflect the max real transfer ...
892697 - V7 memory test fails on systems with 4TB (outside of ...
894135 - FEAT: update rteval and hwlatdetect in v7 to use rteval2
894220 - expresscard: give correct PASS/FAIL results on exit
904890 - hardwaretest.py: create default udev device instead of hal ...
904892 - [RHEL6] remove hal imports
917455 - Please add more NIC related info into hardware.log
918220 - FEAT: fv_* should print guest console log if --debug set
918738 - v7 tracebacks when <partner-server> is empty or missing ...
918739 - FEAT: ship kernelinfo.xml in it's own package
918745 - fvtest: global name 'isHvm' is not defined
918758 - [PATCH] v7-1.6.4 tests code clean-ups
919503 - FEAT: deprecate results rpm building code
920392 - hwcert-server web status is broken
920733 - hwcert-client 1.6.4 R27 fv_* tests fails when quests' ...
921237 - FEAT: change the test suite command set to attempt to ...
921238 - Rename v7 to hwcert-backend
921240 - FEAT: address prompting quirks from 'hwcert' command ...
921433 - [1.6] Server status appears twice
921435 - [1.6] Server status has wrong version/release information
927535 - The xml should be updated to include MRG 2.3 GA kernel
928188 - Audio test should specifies device when play and record ...
947386 - [1.6] traceback due to Constants.hwcert-backend not defined
947770 - [1.6] INFO: traceback when check rpm package
951683 - need %obsoletes v7
952821 - adding reboot test causes traceback


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