[Hwcert-announce-list] Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite (hwcert-client-1.7.0-20140212.1) Beta 5 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 5 (hwcert-client-1.7.0-20140212.1) for 
testing purposes with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 pre-releases.

The Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite Beta 5 package 
(hwcert-client-1.7.0-20140212.1) is *not* an official release and should 
*not* be used for Red Hat Enterprise Linux certification submissions. 
The current Red Hat Hardware Test Suites (hwcert-client-1.5.10-2 for 
RHEL 5.x and hwcert-client-1.6.5-25.1 for RHEL 6.x) should continue to 
be used for official certifications.

The Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite Beta 5 is available at the 
following location:

ftp://partners.redhat.com/a166eabc5cf5df158922f9b06e5e7b21/hwcert/RHEL7/hwcert-client/1.7.0/beta-5/

The required hwcert-client-info package is available at the following 
location:

ftp://partners.redhat.com/a166eabc5cf5df158922f9b06e5e7b21/hwcert/RHEL7/hwcert-client-info/1.7.0/beta-5


Highlights of the hwcert-client-1.7.0-20140212.1 test suite beta 5 include:

* Test servers are now standardized on RHEL 6. A hwcert-server.el7 
package is available for completeness but is not tested for use at this 
time.

* The fv_* test default time-out is temporarily extended to 90 minutes 
to enable more complete debugging with the new fv images. This extended 
time-out allows testing to complete that would otherwise see the guest 
forced to power down (Bug #1043526).

* The fv_* tests will look in the wrong directory for guest images on 
the Red Hat partner ftp server. This has been worked around with 
symlinks on the ftp server and will be addressed in the next test suite 
release.

* The cpuscaling test continues to be refined for RHEL7 using the 
cpupower utility and the Intel pstate driver. Fixes for all known 
cpuscaling bugs have been included in this beta, but we would like to 
encourage additional testing on as many different platforms as possible. 
If problems are encountered please file bugs so we can get them addressed.

* The cpuscaling test is now no longer scheduled on s390x systems.

* The hwcert-client-info package now provides a general match for the 
anticipated RHEL7 kernel. This general match will result in a warning 
instead of a failure allowing the info test to report a pass.

* On some arches the kdump service saves the core files with directory 
names based on UTC and not the not local time (Bugzilla #1062636). This 
may cause the kdump test to fail as the test is unable to locate the 
core file.

* The optical media test will now report a failure when the media 
selection choice is aborted.

The hwcert-client-1.7.0-20140124.2 package has been tested against RHEL 
7.0 Snapshot 6 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-1.7.0-20140124.2 beta 4 and 
hwcert-client-1.7.0-20140212.1 beta 5:

  1062115 - rhel7 hwcert: Error: Kernel is 3.10.0-78 and not Red Hat ...
  1064077 - tests pass when skipped (disc - cd-rom, dvd, and bd)
  1062750 - Cert kit should include xterm as a dependency
  1057159 - cpuscaling fails: max frequency measured is lower than ...
  1062744 - traceback on run -t fv_core
  1061198 - kdump test on s390x won't reboot
  1061860 - cpuscaling test should not be planned on s390x
  1060266 - fv_* tests look in the wrong directory for images on the ...
  1061440 - RHEL7 Host Network Test Fails TCP Bandwidth
  1058443 - fv_* tests: seabios is no longer required
  1057807 - Traceback on cpuscaling test on AMD boxes


Known Issues list for hwcert-client-1.7.0-20140212.1 beta:

  1043526 - fv_storage test failed with time out
  1060266 - fv_* tests look in the wrong directory for images ...
  1065044 - cpuscaling fails first time it's run, then passes


Known RHEL 7 Snapshot 6 issues that impact 
hwcert-client-1.7.0-20140212.1 beta 5:

  1062636 - kdump saves core files with directory names based on UTC ...

Red Hat values your ongoing participation and testing in the Red Hat 
Enterprise Linux development, testing, and certifications 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