[Hwcert-announce-list] Red Hat Hardware Test Suite v7-1.6.4-21 Release Candidate Available

[Engineering Partner Management]

Greetings Red Hat Partners,

We are pleased to announce the availability of the Red Hat v7 Hardware 
Test Suite Release Candidate (v7-1.6.4-21) for testing purposes with Red 
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x GA releases and 6.4 test releases.

The Red Hat v7 Hardware Test Suite RC package (v7-1.6.4-21) 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 RC (v7-1.6.4-21) 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 RC (v7-1.6.4-21) include:

* Hardware detection and test planning issues introduced in moving to 
udev from hal are addressed.

* Hardware information logging issues introduced in moving to udev from 
hal are addressed.

* v7-1.6 RC is preconfigured to communicate with the partner test 
hardware catalog (https://partner-hwcert.redhat.com/) for the call home 
features.

* The dvd-rw test returns to using 'cdrecord' instead 'dvd+rw-format' to 
format blank media. This reverts a change introduced in the Beta.


Reminder of the v7-1.6 Hardware Test Suite Beta (v7-1.6.4-13) highlights:

* 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 v7-1.6.4-21 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 v7-1.6.4-21 and v7-1.6.4-13

895891 - usb: fix return value
895714 - traceback on v7 submit if results are packaged to rpm
894943 - The xml should be updated to include RHEL5.9 GA kernel
895432 - storage test not planned on special devices (e.g. cciss)
895407 - v7-1.6 is missing dmi decode output in info's hardware info
895154 - v7-1.6 is missing cpu hardware data in CORE, CPUSCALING, ...
895157 - v7-1.6 missing memory data data in MEMORY test
888688 - infiniband: should show udi or pci id information
894217 - expresscard: call trace Regression occur by the usb fix
888655 - usb: V7 didn't hang the test when user tried to plug ...
890942 - storage test not planned on s390x
887742 - catalog can't parse rpm package generated by V7-1.6.4
866534 - v7 man page has errors
880079 - FEAT: audio: check the codec of audio devices
880916 - "iwlist" command will run twice in WLAN test
880986 - Video test: Can't find driver info in ...


Changelog between v7-1.6.4-13 and v7-1.5-32:

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


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