[Hwcert-announce-list] Red Hat v7 Hardware Test Suite Beta (v7-1.5-18) Available

[Engineering Partner Management]

Greetings Red Hat Partners,

We are pleased to announce the availability of the Red Hat v7 hardware 
test suite BETA (v7-1.5-18) for testing purposes with Red Hat Enterprise 
Linux 5.x and 6.x production releases and with forthcoming Red Hat 
Enterprise Linux 6.3 test releases.

The Red Hat v7 hardware test suite beta package (v7-1.5-18) is *not* an 
official release and should be *not* be used for Red Hat Enterprise 
Linux certification submissions. The current Red Hat v7 hardware test 
suite (v7-1.4-38) should continue to be used for all official 
certification activity.


The Red Hat v7 hardware test suite beta (v7-1.5-18) is available at the 
following locations:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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ftp://partners.redhat.com/a166eabc5cf5df158922f9b06e5e7b21/hwcert/RHEL6/v7/1.5/

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
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ftp://partners.redhat.com/a166eabc5cf5df158922f9b06e5e7b21/hwcert/RHEL5/v7/1.5/


Highlights of the v7-1.5 hardware test suite beta include:

* v7 can now open a new certification and upload a results package to an 
existing certification from the command line, but this feature requires 
changes to the Red Hat Hardware Catalog that have not yet been 
implemented. The test suite beta is configured by default to talk to a 
beta version of the Hardware Catalog, located at 
http://partner-hwcert.redhat.com/. The beta version of the catalog will 
be updated in the coming weeks with the necessary support for this 
feature. A Red Hat Hardware Catalog Beta announcement will go out when 
this occurs, at which time you can begin testing this feature.

* Bug #811247, which is included on the known issues list, causes the 
info test to fail when the v7 beta is used on RHEL6.3 test releases. 
This is due to a to a change in the location of the whitelist.

* A new InfiniBand (IB) test has been added. This test is automatically 
planned when an IB bridge or an IB serial controller is detected in 
lspci. It captures the output from 'ibstat' and 'ibstatus'. Similar to 
the wlan test, it provides additional information to improve results 
review and does not replace the functional network and/or storage 
testing that is currently required of InfiniBand devices.

* The info test now verifies that the kernel on the system under test is 
a GA-release kernel. A kernel version to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 
release mapping file is automatically retrieved from the Red Hat partner 
ftp site during the info test run. If the ftp site cannot be reached by 
the system under test, a warning is issued and the test continues using 
an internal mapping.

* The storage test now uses udisks in addition to hal on RHEL6 for 
hardware detection during the plan phase.

* The video test now verifies that all loaded X modules are provided by 
Red Hat, similar to the way kernel modules are verified for Red Hat 
origin in the info test. The video test also runs xvinfo, xdriinfo, and 
glxinfo to gather additional information about the X environment. These 
changes mean that the glx-utils package will be required for all 
certification work performed on v7 1.5 or higher.

* The opticalDiskTest library code has been cleaned up and reorganized. 
The associated cd, dvd, and bluray tests use the updated code.

* The network test now works in IPV6 environments.


The v7-1.5-18 package has been tested against Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 
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 v7-1.4-38 and v7-1.5-18:
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809942 - Traceback on continue
809537 - info test kernel validation should allow more flexibility ...
809520 - v7 1.5 R14 traceback on server start
807714 - v7 1.5 R12 requires udisks package not in RHEL5
807552 - v7 info: Environment instance has no attribute ...
649675 - RHEL5 doesn't install xen packages as dependencies by default
611409 - Test Suite should collect the information about the ...
608568 - FEAT: can v7 detect non Red Hat shipped xorg drivers ?
488745 - Add suggested IB specific commands to network test
805757 - info test missing requires for sos (sosreport)
781243 - v7 info fails to capture modules tainted for multiple signs
804492 - V7 should not pass the debug kernel in info when used for ...
767059 - info: kmod rpm verify command is not running
687990 - FV_CORE INFO test fails because sosreport expects user...
799897 - v7 server starts/stops returns 1
752753 - v7 server status reporting /var/v7/export is exported in...
747990 - interactive tests run in --mode auto should fail -- code ...
750721 - audio: Warning: could not log sound card information
755473 - v7-server traceback: No such file or directory: u'/var/v7/...
799921 - v7 1.5 R7 may trace-back on older /etc/v7.xml environment...
782229 - FEAT: v7 certify should support component mode
746029 - FEAT: v7 should log reboot and fv guest time limit changes...
702168 - RedHat v7-1.3-35 Hardware Test Suite: v7 server requires...
532557 - test suite should alarm operator and fail test runs on non...
799118 - FEAT: v7 should preserve SUT hardware information when...
798321 - v7 plan UnboundLocalError: local variable 'controllers'...
782197 - FEAT: v7 should support dbus udisks in place of hal/kudzu...
755787 - RFE: rebase CD/DVD/Blu-ray tests
754919 - bluray: not choosing the most capable media type as default
705999 - v7 --help doesn't give information about "v7 save"


Known Issues list for v7-1.5-18:
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707144 - Regression with BLURAY test in v7 version 1.3-43-el6
782195 - FEAT: v7 certify should only run rtevel and hwlatdetect ( ...
809026 - v7 trivial formatting fix
811247 - kabi-whitelists structure changing makes kabi check fail
809240 - v7 plan --model should use the same prompts as v7 plan for...
810497 - v7 info - make: *** No rule to make target `kernelInfo.xml'
810809 - v7 tests result cannot be judged from its exit status


We value your ongoing participation and testing 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