[Hwcert-announce-list] Updated Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite Info Package (hwcert-client-info-1.7.0-20140502) Available

[Engineering Partner Management]

Greetings Red Hat Partners,

We are pleased to announce the general availability (GA) of the updated 
Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite Kernel Info package 
(hwcert-client-info-1.7.0-20140502) for certification purposes with RC 
and GA releases of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0.

The Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite Kernel Info package update 
*is* an official release and should be used for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 
7 certification submissions. The current Red Hat Hardware Test Suite 
(hwcert-client-1.7.20140416) for RHEL 7 should continue to be used for 
official certifications with the updated Hardware Certification Test 
Suite Kernel Info package. Passing results with the previous Test Suite 
Kernel Info package will continue to be accepted.

The Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite Kernel Info package update 
is available at the following location:

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


Highlights of the hwcert-client-info-20140502 test suite kernel info 
include:

* The hwcert-client-info package kernel matching is updated to provide a 
more general match for RHEL 7 RC and  anticipated RHEL 7 GA kernels. 
This general match will result in a warning on the info test, which will 
not affect the eligibility of the results. Results submitted that are 
not performed on an RC or GA RHEL7 release kernel will not be accepted 
for certification.


The hwcert-client-info-1.7.0-20140502 GA package has been tested against 
the RHEL 7.0 Release Candidate 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-info-1.7.0-20140416 GA and 
hwcert-client-info-1.7.0-20140502 update:

  1088336 - updated RHEL 7 kernel values for more generic matching

Red Hat values your ongoing participation 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