[Hwcert-announce-list] [Red Hat Partner Announcement] Updated Hardware Certification (HTS) packages for RHEL 5 Available

[Rob Landry]

Greetings Red Hat Worldwide Partners,

Red Hat is pleased to announce the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hardware 
Certification Test Suite (HTS) (hts-5.2-13.el5) and documentation for 
use with the forthcoming Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 GA at the 
following location:

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

NOTE: Official certification runs on RHEL 5.2 may *not* be completed and
submitted to Red Hat until the official GA-level Red Hat Enterprise 
Linux 5.2 is publicly released on Red Hat Network.

NOTE: This HTS Release is for use in official certifications of any Red 
Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0, 5.1, and 5.2 GA product.

Please review the details below and file any defects against the 'Red 
Hat Hardware Test Suite' product in Bugzilla 
(http://bugzilla.redhat.com) if you experience any HTS-specific problems.


Policy Changes to take effect at Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 GA:

* cpuscaling test is required for RHEL5[.*] on hardware that includes 
this feature.

* expresscard test replaces manual testing for expresscard enabled systems.


Change log highlights from 5.2-12 (RC) to 5.2-13 (GA):

BZ 446268: network test will fail on intel 4965
BZ 445914: hts info test should continue to execute all checks...

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