[Hwcert-announce-list] Red Hat Hardware Test Suite GA (hwcert-client-1.6.4-57) Available for RHEL 6

Thu Aug 8 23:10:34 UTC 2013

Greetings Red Hat Partners,

We are pleased to announce the General Availability (GA) of the Red Hat 
Hardware Certification Test Suite (hwcert-client-1.6.4-57) for 
certification purposes with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x releases.

The Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite GA package 
(hwcert-client-1.6.4-57) is an official release and should be used for 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux certification submissions. The Red Hat Hardware 
Certification Test Suite GA package is the same as the RC package 
originally announced on Fri, 12 Jul 2013.

Results from the previous Red Hat v7 Hardware Test Suite (v7-1.6.4-22) 
will continue to be accepted for a period of 90 days.

The Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite GA is available at the 
following locations:

32-bit x86
https://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/channels/PackageList.do?cid=11131

IBM POWER
https://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/channels/PackageList.do?cid=11134

IBM System Z
https://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/channels/PackageList.do?cid=11137

64-bit x86_64
https://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/channels/PackageList.do?cid=11140

ftp://partners.redhat.com/a166eabc5cf5df158922f9b06e5e7b21/hwcert/RHEL6/hwcert-client/1.6.4/

Red Hat Bug Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-1139.html

Reminder of the change highlights of the hwcert-client-1.6.4-57 test suite:

* The test suite name is changed from v7 to hwcert-client.

* The hwcert-client-1.6.4-57 package only supports Red Hat Enterprise 
Linux 6.x releases. This continues the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 
version-specific test suite split introduced with v7-1.6 for Red Hat 
Enterprise Linux 6.x.

* The command "hwcert" (/usr/bin/hwcert) is introduced as the new 
default command. This command will attempt to complete any outstanding 
tests to certify the system while avoiding duplicate testing. This 
command behaves similarly to the previous "v7 certify" command.

* The previous manual "v7" command behavior is migrated to the 
"hwcert-backend" command. For example, "v7 print" is now "hwcert-backend 
print". Running specific tests use a command like "hwcert-backend run 
--test=core --test=memory".

* The storage test is now interactive by default. Users need to add 
"--auto" to the command line if they want the test to automatically 
choose the partition on which to run the test (the swap partition, by 
default).

* Test servers are standardized on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and are 
required to use the hwcert-server-1.6 package.

* The "plan" step is automated in the hwcert command and does not need 
to be manually run.

* A new package called "hwcert-client-info" is added. This package 
contains product release information, including kernel versions, that 
can be used by the test suite in environments where the the Red Hat 
partner FTP server cannot be reached to retrieve the latest product 
information.

* The results RPMs data format is now deprecated. Results RPMs are no 
longer built during the submit step.

* New hwcert{arch} and hwcertData images for the fv-* tests are provided 
on:
ftp://partners.redhat.com/a166eabc5cf5df158922f9b06e5e7b21/hwcert/RHEL5/fv-images/
The FV guest images here are identical to those used with previous v7 
releases and contain a RHEL5.6 guest image. The hwcertData image 
contains the GA test suite hwcert-client-1.5.9-28.el5 for RHEL5 for the 
RHEL6 + KVM based FV testing.

* The how-to documentation is in the process of being rewritten to cover 
the new test suite.

The hwcert-client-1.6.4-57 package has been tested against RHEL6.4 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 v7-1.6.4-22 and hwcert-client-1.6.4-57:

Hwcert-client man page updated to use the new commands
453628 - ... device already in the test plan may be manually...
755008 - v7 storage test should allow testing of all devices for...
822249 - clocktest jitter test don't allow for large cpu count
846468 - BW_TCP utility yields inconsistent results.
882093 - [FEAT]v7's network should reflect the max real transfer...
892697 - V7 memory test fails on systems with 4TB (outside of...
894135 - FEAT: update rteval and hwlatdetect in v7 to use rteval2
894220 - expresscard: give correct PASS/FAIL results on exit
904890 - hardwaretest.py: create default udev device instead of hal...
904892 - [RHEL6] remove hal imports
917455 - Please add more NIC related info into hardware.log
918220 - FEAT: fv_* should print guest console log if --debug set
918738 - v7 tracebacks when <partner-server> is empty or missing...
918739 - FEAT: ship kernelinfo.xml in it's own package
918745 - fvtest: global name 'isHvm' is not defined
918758 - [PATCH] v7-1.6.4 tests code clean-ups
919503 - FEAT: deprecate results rpm building code
920392 - hwcert-server web status is broken
920733 - hwcert-client 1.6.4 R27 fv_* tests fails when quests'...
921237 - FEAT: change the test suite command set to attempt to...
921238 - Rename v7 to hwcert-backend
921240 - FEAT: address prompting quirks from 'hwcert' command ...
921433 - [1.6] Server status appears twice
921435 - [1.6] Server status has wrong version/release information
927535 - The xml should be updated to include MRG 2.3 GA kernel
928188 - Audio test should specifies device when play and record ...
947386 - [1.6] traceback due to Constants.hwcert-backend not defined
947770 - [1.6] INFO: traceback when check rpm package
951683 - need %obsoletes v7
952821 - adding reboot test causes traceback
956728 - extraneous debug output should be removed if --debug is off
956277 - hwcert-client 1.6 should require RHEL6
960825 - v7 reports error "lid must be open for this test"...
961658 - v7 reports error "could not find udev device for battery...
965692 - the reboot timeout error message is wrong
967110 - profiler: passing with forced timer config still fails test
962542 - Don't use /mnt for fv_* guest image inspection
976869 - realtime test name is inconsistent
976880 - info test fails GA kernel validation for RHELX.0
980609 - storage test ignores choice of disk to test

We value your ongoing participation 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