[Hwcert-announce-list] Red Hat v7 Hardware Test Suite v7-1.6.4-13 Beta Available

[Engineering Partner Management]

Greetings Red Hat Partners,

We are pleased to announce the availability of the Red Hat v7 Hardware 
Test Suite BETA (v7-1.6.4-13) for testing purposes with Red Hat 
Enterprise Linux 6.x GA releases and 6.4 test releases.

The Red Hat v7 Hardware Test Suite beta package (v7-1.6.4-13) is *not* 
an official release and should be *not* used for Red Hat Enterprise 
Linux certification submissions. The current Red Hat v7 hardware test 
suite (v7-1.5-32) should continue to be used for official certifications.

The Red Hat v7 Hardware Test Suite BETA (v7-1.6.4-13) is available at 
the following location:

ftp://partners.redhat.com/a166eabc5cf5df158922f9b06e5e7b21/hwcert/RHEL6/v7/1.6.4/


Highlights of the v7-1.6 Hardware Test Suite BETA include:

* v7-1.6 only supports and was exclusively tested on Red Hat Enterprise 
Linux 6.x releases. The v7-1.5 package will continue to support Red Hat 
Enterprise Linux 5.x releases.

* v7 can now retrieve the certification test plan from the hardware 
catalog when using the 'v7 certify' command. It will remove any items 
from the v7 test plan on the system under test that have already been 
marked as "Confirmed" in the hardware catalog. This feature is limited 
to test classes and is not device specific at this time. The v7-1.6 BETA 
is preconfigured to communicate with the partner test hardware catalog 
(https://partner-hwcert.redhat.com/) which supports this feature, so you 
can begin testing this now with the beta release of v7.

* v7 now uses udev data instead of hal data to plan and perform testing.

* The battery test is updated to use 10mw charge/discharge rate and 
deals with unit changes between RHEL releases.

* The dvd-rw test now uses 'dvd+rw-format' instead of 'cdrecord' to 
format blank media.


The v7-1.6.4-13 package has been tested against RHEL6 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 v7-1.5-32 and v7-1.6.4-13:

876290 - Error: unknown device source kudzu on v7 submit
875637 - "make build" has output on stderr
874715 - fv_ tests fail to mount data image after guest run
843605 - expresscard test should not use HAL
843604 - battery test should not use HAL
843610 - pccard test should not use HAL
875634 - use dvd+rw-format to blank dvd-rw disks
843616 - wlan test should not use HAL
873612 - remove HAL import from memory test
871515 - profiler test check for virtualization depends on HAL
843194 - Support v7 call home to compare test plans using the ...
855063 - battery test log units are incorrect
870002 - The name org.freedesktop.UDisks was not provided by any ...
871254 - pccard: Traceback if no PC Card plugged into the slot
866917 - video test should not use HAL
828625 - Unicode decode error in /var/log/messages
847922 - kdump test: change device path to UUID
755008 - v7 storage test should allow testing of all devices for ...
827369 - v7/kdump still report PASS if reboot took more than limited ...
828712 - v7 save should prompt XXX.xml.gz saved instead of XXX.xml
843607 - audio test should not use HAL
843609 - network test should not use HAL
822246 - clocktest use of CPUSET_S not completely correct.
843615 - usb test should not use HAL
843608 - lid test should not use HAL
843600 - storage test should not use HAL
843606 - infiniband test should not use HAL
843613 - tape test should not use HAL
843611 - suspend test should not use HAL
843565 - v7 test planning should not use a generic device dictionary


Known Issues list for v7-1.6.4-13:

872359 - Hardware device information is missing from test results


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