[Hwcert-announce-list] [Red Hat Partner Announcement] Red Hat v7 Hardware Test Suite Beta (v7-1.1-7) Released

[Rob Landry]

Greetings Red Hat Worldwide Partners,

Red Hat is pleased to announce the availability of the Red Hat v7
hardware test suite Beta (v7-1.1-7) for software testing purposes with
Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 4 and 5.

In addition, partners may begin testing the Red Hat v7 hardware test
suite v7-1.1-7 against Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 test releases when
made available. Red Hat will officially update the Red Hat v7 hardware
test suite before Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 GA as well as inform
partners when to begin official Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Hardware
Certification testing.

The Red Hat v7 hardware test suite Beta (v7-1.1-7) package is not
considered an official release and should not be used for official
certification testing submissions.  The current Red Hat v7 hardware test
suite (v7-1.0-18) should continue to be used for official certifications
of both Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.x and 5.x.

The Red Hat v7 hardware test suite Beta is available at the following
location:

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


Highlights:

* A new hwlatdetect test has been added to support performing
  certifications for the MRG product.

* The hwlatdetect test requires a newer version of rt-test than is
  currently available in RHN.  A test package has been made available on
  the partner ftp site next to the v7 test suite under the ~/RHEL5 tree.

* The beta package has passed smoke testing on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  4.8 x86, x86_64, ia64, ppc, s390, and s390x; and RHEL5.4 x86, x86_64,
  ia64,ppc, and s390x; other releases and architectures have not yet
  been tested.


If you encounter any problems please file any bugs against the 'Red Hat
Hardware Certification Program' product in Red Hat Bugzilla
(https://bugzilla.redhat.com).


Changelog from v7-1.0-26 to v7-1.1-7:

557674 -  sh: udevadm: command not found error 560797 -  v7 exception
          when system has no /proc/usb
560635 -  info test fails due to difficulties in parsing
          /etc/redhat-release
192245 -  info test should call sosreport instead of sysreport
555842 -  tests should make use of runtime requires feature
555898 -  optical tests should provide a method to force/override the
          read-only ...
559179 -  Device-specific tests are not planned in RHEL4 via kudzu.
558578 -  memory test traceback: AttributeError: 'int' object has no
          attribute 'pipe'
557355 -  fv_* is not listed in v7 plan both on AMD RHEL5.4-Server xen /
          kvm system
557365 -  `v7 plan` failed with traceback and cause no plan for `v7
          print`
546404 -  Avoid running any tests when invalid test name is used


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.