[Hwcert-announce-list] Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite (hwcert-client-1.6.5-22) Release Candidate Package Available

[Engineering Partner Management]

Greetings Red Hat Partners,

We are pleased to announce the availability of the Red Hat Hardware 
Certification Test Suite Release Candidate (hwcert-client-1.6.5-22) for 
testing purposes with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 pre-releases.

The Red Hat Hardware Certification test suite Release Candidate package 
(hwcert-client-1.6.5-22) is *not* an official release and should *not* 
be used for Red Hat Enterprise Linux certification submissions. The 
current Red Hat hardware test suites (hwcert-client-1.6.4-57 for 
RHEL6.x) should continue to be used for official certifications.


The Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite Release Candidate is 
available at the following location

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


Highlights of the hwcert-client-1.6.5-22 test suite release candidate 
include:

* 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 new a username/password combination if their 
login credentials were rejected by the catalog.

* The hwcert-client-1.6.5-22 package will default to sending results 
xml.gz files to the partner test hardware catalog when run on RHEL6.4 
and earlier official releases and the RHEL6.5 pre-releases. The partner 
test hardware catalog is located at:

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


Reminder of the 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 the 
appropriate devices.  This will avoiding needing to rerun the network 
test because of incorrect connections.

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

* The network test is called from with 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 USB2 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 'v7 print' 
previously at the end of the current run 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-1.6.5-22 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-1.6.5-21 Beta 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

Reminder of the changelog between current hwcert-client-1.6.4-57 and 
hwcert-client-1.6.5-21 Beta:

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:

1014092 - hwcert-backend submit fails when behind a proxy

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