[Hwcert-announce-list] [Red Hat Partner Announcement] Red Hat v7 Hardware Test Suite Alpha (v7-1.2-3) Available

[Rob Landry]

Greetings Red Hat Worldwide Partners,

Red Hat is pleased to announce the availability of the Red Hat v7
hardware test suite Alpha (v7-1.2-3) for software testing purposes with
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 test releases. 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 RC (v7-1.2-3) 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 (v7-1.1-23) 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 Alpha is available at the following  
location:

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


Highlights:

* This release addresses some basic issues with the current official v7
release (v7-1.1-23) to allow for targeted RHEL 6 testing.

* The alpha was smoke tested only. Full regression testing was not
performed;
as such bug discovery is expected.

* The alpha was smoke tested against RHEL 4, 5 and 6 on i386, x86_64,
s390x, and ppc, not inclusive of all combinations.


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 from v7-1.1-23 to v7-1.2-3:
591357 - RHEL6 info test: no --no-progressbar option for sosreport
576497 - fv_* is not listed in v7 print on rhel55-server-x86_64-xen
         system
584079 - RHEL6 v7 R23 does not parse uname -r output for kernel name
582090 - v7 has a dependency on rhpl, but it's not in required list.


Known Issues list for v7-1.2-3:
584121 - RHEL6 network test mount command fails in NFS testing
586568 - v7 submit fails with error
599725 - attempts to contact libvirtd during "v7 plan" cause...
599741 - fv_ tests fail when libvirt is installed, but libvirtd...
600105 - v7 tries to install qemu-kvm-tools on RHEL6
600111 - v7 fv_ tests show virt-install traceback on RHEL6 Snapshot 6
600452 - v7 on RHEL6 fails info test due to kernel tainted 512


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.