[Hwcert-announce-list] Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite (hwcert-client-1.6.5-21) Beta Package Available

Tue Oct 8 19:36:30 UTC 2013

Greetings Red Hat Partners,

We are pleased to announce the availability of the Red Hat Hardware 
Certification Test Suite Beta (hwcert-client-1.6.5-21) for testing 
purposes with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 pre-releases.

The Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite Beta package 
(hwcert-client-1.6.5-21) is *not* an official release and should *not* 
be used for Red Hat Enterprise Linux certification submissions. The 
current Red Hat Hardware Test Suite (hwcert-client-1.6.4-57 for RHEL 
6.x) should continue to be used for official certifications.

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

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

Highlights of the hwcert-client-1.6.5-21 test suite beta include:

* hwcert-client-1.6.5-21 only supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x 
releases.

* New capability-specific 10GigEthernet, 1GigEthernet, and 
100MegEthernet tests are added and will plan by default on appropriate 
devices. This will avoiding needing to re-run the network test because 
of incorrect connections.

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

* The network test is called from within the WirelessX tests, avoiding 
the need to separately run both the wlan and network tests 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 appropriate devices.

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

* The hwcert-client-1.6.5-21 package will default to sending results 
xml.gz files to the partner test hardware catalog. The partner test 
hardware catalog is located at:

   https://partner-hwcert.redhat.com/

As the name implies, the partner test hardware catalog is a separate 
test instance of the catalog that is based on a copy of the Red Hat 
Bugzilla database. It uses the same Bugzilla username and password as 
the production catalog. Results submitted here will not be made public 
and may be removed at any time if the database is refreshed.

* 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 results summary similar to the 
previous test suite's 'v7 print' command at the end of the current run. 
The summary will be printed 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 packaged results xml.gz files from previous runs to the 
hardware catalog.

* The 'hwcert-backend save' command can be used on the system under test 
to save packaged results xml.gz files from previous runs 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 hwcert-client-1.6.4-57 and hwcert-client-1.6.5-21:

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 ...

Known issues:

1013769 - USB3 doesn't retry when the wrong port type is tested
1014092 - hwcert-backend submit fails when behind a proxy

We value your ongoing participation in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 
development, testing, and certifications 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