[Hwcert-announce-list] Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite (hwcert-client-1.7.0-42) Beta 2 Package Available

Fri Jul 12 22:08:39 UTC 2013

Greetings Red Hat Partners,

We are pleased to announce the availability of the Red Hat Hardware 
Certification Test Suite Beta 2 (hwcert-client-1.7.0-42) for testing 
purposes with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 test releases.

The Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite Beta 2 package 
(hwcert-client-1.7.0-42) is *not* an official release and should be 
*not* used for Red Hat Enterprise Linux certification submissions. The 
current Red Hat v7 Hardware Test Suites (v7-1.5-33 for Red Hat 
Enterprise Linux 5.x and v7-1.6.4-22 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x) 
should continue to be used for official certifications. We are not yet 
accepting certifications on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

The Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite Beta 2 is available at the 
following location:

ftp://partners.redhat.com/a166eabc5cf5df158922f9b06e5e7b21/hwcert/RHEL7/hwcert-client/1.7.0/

Highlights of the hwcert-client-1.7.0-42 test suite beta 2 include:

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

* The hwcert-client-1.7.0-42 package only supports Red Hat Enterprise 
Linux 7.0 Alpha 3 and later 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 now standardized on RHEL6. No hwcert-server.el7 
package is available at this time.

* 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. The hwcert-data image is a beta image containing the beta test 
suite hwcert-client-1.5.9-28.el5 for the RHEL5 + Xen based FV guest images.

* The fv_* tests are enabled but will fail to start the guest due to 
missing packages (bug #912433). The seabios* packages are available in 
the Server-Optional tree, however, the ipxe package will need to be 
obtained out of tree.

* The pcmcia-utils package has been deprecated, thus the pccard test 
will be replaced in a later release with a CardBus test based instead on 
the pciutils.

* The profiler test has been disabled by default during plan as RHEL bug 
#904903 will result in a kernel panic.

The hwcert-client-1.7.0-42 package has been tested against RHEL7.0 
Alpha3 on the 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 v7-1.7.0-13 alpha and hwcert-client-1.7.0-42 beta 2:

   The kdump test now warns if a reboot takes more than 10 minutes
     and fails if the reboot takes more than 20 minutes.
   Having more than 4TB of RAM installed no longer causes the
     memory test to automatically fail.
   The hwcert client manpages have been updated to include guidance
     on "hwcert" and "hwcert-backend" commands.
   PyXML has been removed as a requirement for hwcert-client.
   910406 - v7 tracebacks when <partner-server> is empty or missing...
   913219 - Server status appears twice
   918221 - FEAT: fv_* should print guest console log if --debug set
   918222 - clocktest jitter test don't allow for large cpu count.
   918226 - network should reflect the max real transfer rate/perf...
   918291 - expresscard: give correct PASS/FAIL results on exit
   918743 - Please add more NIC related info into hardware.log
   919505 - FEAT: deprecate results rpm building code
   920726 - hwcert-client 1.7.0 R27 fv_* tests fails when quests'...
   921243 - Feat: change the test suite command set to attempt to...
   921244 - Rename v7 to hwcert-backend
   921247 - address prompting quirks from 'hwcert' command refactoring
   928202 - Audio test should specifies device when play and record...
   947125 - hwcert-client's kernelInfo.xml file should be packaged...
   947959 - [1.7] INFO: traceback when check rpm package
   948963 - [1.7] network test: BW_TCP utility yields inconsistent...
   948969 - [1.7] hwcert test server status gives a 500 error page
   951686 - need %obsoletes v7
   953316 - adding reboot test causes traceback
   956279 - hwcert-client 1.7 should require RHEL7
   956727 - extraneous debug output should be removed if --debug is off
   964214 - "could not find udev device for battery and AC Adapter"...
   964226 - v7 reports error "lid must be open for this test"...
   965691 - [1.7] kdump reboot time limit message is wrong
   963288 - [1.7] Don't use /mnt for fv_* guest image inspection
   976881 - info test fails GA kernel validation for RHELX.0
   976872 - realtime test name is inconsistent
   980612 - storage test ignores choice of disk to test

Known Issues list for hwcert-client-1.7.0-42:

   915482 - infiniband test should use ibstatus to determine plan
   916356 - FEAT: Replace pccard test with cardbus test

Known RHEL 7a3 Issues that impact hwcert-client-1.7.0-42 beta 2:

   904903 - kernel panic when restoring nmi_watchdog
   912433 - Missing package qemu-system-x86 in hardware certification ...

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