[Hwcert-announce-list] Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite (hwcert-client-1.6.5.2-20140316) 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-1.6.5.2-20140316) for 
testing purposes with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x.

The Red Hat Hardware Certification test suite Beta package 
(hwcert-client-1.6.5.2-20140316) is *not* an official release and should 
*not* be used for Red Hat Enterprise Linux certification submissions. 
The current Red Hat hardware test suite (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 is available at the 
following location:

ftp://partners.redhat.com/a166eabc5cf5df158922f9b06e5e7b21/hwcert/RHEL6/hwcert-client/1.6.5.2/

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

ftp://partners.redhat.com/a166eabc5cf5df158922f9b06e5e7b21/hwcert/RHEL6/hwcert-client-info/1.6.5.2/


Highlights of the hwcert-client-1.6.5.2-20140316 test suite beta include:

* The hwcert-server can now send results via email. Please note, a mail 
handler is not configured by default by the test suite server.

* The cpuscaling test may fail with recent BIOS conventions change used 
with newer Intel CPUs (bug #1070360). This change in convention effects 
the available frequencies list and causes the test to select the 
incorrect required speeds.

* The biosdevname check in the network tests has been updated to gather 
info for each the RHEL 6 device naming schemes.

* The expresscard test can now test an expresscard slot when using a 
USB+PCIE combo expresscard.

* The hwcert-client-1.6.5.2-20140316 beta package has been tested 
against RHEL 6.5 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 hwcert-client-1.6.5-25.1 and 
hwcert-client-1.6.5.2-20140316 beta

1076083 - Add an optional biosdevname test to the test suite
1076081 - Core clocktest : Warning: could not determine clocksource
1076085 - HWCert: Add .gitignore file in v7.git
1075782 - packaging past results leaves existing results
1076952 - FEAT: hwcert test suite could handle hardware spec and ...
1076955 - expresscard: PCI-e and USB test might both get tested ...
1073634 - FEAT: add pci passthrough testing to FV testing
1069751 - FEAT: hwcert-server should provide a push to email link
1056272 - cpuscaling test hang waiting for work processes
1056161 - hwcert-server filtering of saved results by date doesn't work.
1055803 - hwcert-backend certify doesn't run expected tests
1054345 - hwcert stuck in loop checking catalog for outstanding tests
1053795 - xml parser errors reading output logs
1022749 - traceback on empty results.xml file
1051625 - network tests should use python "==" operator instead of "is"
1028520 - Change the name of the "product-url" field in hwcert
1020708 - "v7 submit" fails when "vendor" string contains a tab
1045134 - plan prompt for test server is confusing
1040534 - missing wget dependency
1045128 - network test logs include confusing version number
1045126 - downloading of kernel info from the Partner's site should ...
1043517 - v7 cannot handle yum errors
  984098 - with empty input, hwcert will crash.
1040734 - hwcert-server error downloading attached python files.
1016382 - hwcert-client no longer logging "Test Parameters"
1034496 - hwcert-backend won't skip debug warning prompt in --mode auto
1027431 - hwcert-backend save ignores --mode auto
1032701 - save command return value is non-zero on success
1032698 - hwcert-client should use date as a release number
1032696 - FEAT: [1.6] Test tags should be added for new specifically ...


Known issues:

1070360 - E7-4890 V2 fails cpuscaling - Cannot hit top turboboost ...

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