[Hwcert-announce-list] Red Hat Hardware Test Suite GA (hwcert-client-1.6.5-25.1) Available for RHEL 6

Wed Dec 4 01:47:13 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-1.6.5-25.1) for 
certification purposes with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x.

The Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite GA package 
(hwcert-client-1.6.5-25.1) is an official release and should be used for 
all Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x certification submissions. Results from 
the current Red Hat hardware test suites (hwcert-client-1.6.4-57 for 
RHEL6.x) will continue to be accepted for a period of 90 days from today.

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

ftp://partners.redhat.com/a166eabc5cf5df158922f9b06e5e7b21/hwcert/RHEL6/hwcert-client/1.6.5/

and

https://rhn.redhat.com/network/software/packages/change_log.pxt?pid=803840

Highlights of the hwcert-client-1.6.5-25.1 test suite GA include:

* The INFO test no longer requires the kABI whitelist package be 
installed unless a module not provided by the RHEL kernel package is loaded.

* The configuration has changed so that version 1.6.5-25.1 will default 
to sending results files to the live hardware catalog. The RC version 
sent its results packages to the test catalog only.

* hwcert-client-1.6.5-25.1 only supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x 
releases.

Reminder of the highlights of the hwcert-client-1.6.5-22 test suite 
release candidate:

* The USB3 test no longer immediately fails when a USB2 device is 
plugged in during testing.

* When pushing a result to the hardware catalog, the hwcert command will 
now ask the user to provide a new username/password combination if their 
login credentials were rejected by the catalog.

* New capability-specific 10GigEthernet, 1GigEthernet, and 
100MegEthernet tests are added and will plan by default on the 
appropriate devices. They will be listed instead of the 'network' test 
seen in previous releases. The additional speed checking in each test 
will help to avoid false passing results that are due to incorrect 
connections.

* New capability-specific WirelessG and WirelessN tests are added and 
will plan by default on the appropriate devices.

* The wlan and network tests are called from the WirelessX tests, 
avoiding the need to run each of them separately on wireless adapters.

* The expresscard test now also uses dmidecode data to discover 
expresscard hardware.

* New capability-specific USB2 and USB3 usb tests are added and will 
plan by default on the appropriate devices.

* The usb test will now record the port type that has been tested.

* The 'hwcert' command will attempt to submit previously run, but not 
submitted, test results to the hardware catalog before testing.

* The 'hwcert' command will print a summary, similar to the old 'v7 
print' command, at the end of the current run. It will be displayed 
before prompting to submit or save the results to the hardware catalog 
or hwcert-server.

* Results xml.gz files can be viewed, downloaded locally, and uploaded 
to the hardware catalog using the hwcert-server package web interface at:
   http://{hwcert-server-IP}/hwcert/

* The 'hwcert-backend submit' command can be used on the system under 
test to submit previously run packaged results xml.gz files to the 
hardware catalog.

* The 'hwcert-backend save' command can be used on the system under test 
to save previously run packaged results xml.gz files to a hwcert-server 
test server.

* The hwcert-client-1.6.5-21 package has been tested against 
pre-releases of RHEL6.5 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 the Release Candidate 1.6.5-22 RC and the GA 1.6.5-25.1

1028244 - hwcert-client tries to install kabi-whitelists for the info
1021734 - hwcert-client 1.6.5 GA should point to the live catalog

Reminder of the changelog between current v7-1.6.4-57 and 
hwcert-client-1.6.5-22 RC

1013769 - USB3 doesn't retry
1015196 - hwcert command should ask for login/password on login ...
1013129 - help output includes a "push" command
1014792 - default catalog URL should be the partners' server for ...
1014441 - submit traceback on printing catalog error code
1014419 - traceback after successful hwcert-backend submit
1013787 - hwcert-backend submit traceback on submit
1013100 - lsusb not found in s390x hwcert
1013159 - hwcert-backend submit tracebacks
1013046 - hwcert command does not offer the option to save results ...
1012966 - hwcert-backend save error saving from files stored on ...
1012941 - hwcert server start/status has lmbench and httpd errors
1001282 - RHEL6.5 storage test failure: "could not find storage ...
1001308 - FEAT: expresscard test should use dmidecode data to plan
  998044 - FEAT: hwcert-server should provide a push result to ...
1001807 - FEAT: hwcert-client should indicate why it hasn't ...
  998064 - FEAT: hwcert command should print a summary at the end of ...
1006605 - FEAT: add a new USB3 and USB2 tests
  960470 - [FEAT] USB test need to list usb version related info for ...
1010414 - Hwcert Traceback when selecting n to submitting to test server
1006586 - FEAT: add a new type-specific tests for N and G
1006578 - FEAT: add a new 1GigEthernet test
1001303 - FEAT: hwcert-server should display and allow for download ...
  998037 - FEAT: hwcert-server should provide a push results to ...
  998059 - FEAT: hwcert command should prompt the user about pushing ...

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