[Hwcert-announce-list] Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite (hwcert-client-1.6.5.2-20140401) Beta 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-1.6.5.2-20140401) for testing purposes with Red Hat 
Enterprise Linux 6.x.

The Red Hat Hardware Certification test suite Release Candidate (RC) 
package (hwcert-client-1.6.5.2-20140401) 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-1.6.5-25.1 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/1.6.5.2/rc-1

The required hwcert-client-info package is available at the following 
location:

ftp://partners.redhat.com/a166eabc5cf5df158922f9b06e5e7b21/hwcert/RHEL6/hwcert-client-info/1.6.5.2/rc-1


Highlights of the hwcert-client-1.6.5.2-20140401 test suite RC include:

* The cpuscaling test will now utilize the marketing frequency as 
defined by Intel for the expected base max CPU frequency.

* The cpuscaling test will now properly scale a single cpu when testing 
for the top single core turboboost frequency.

* The storage test has been updated to test ext4 by default on RHEL6.

* A traceback has been addressed that may appear on some PowerPC 
systems; Bug 1083333.

* A number of tracebacks have been resolved when the hwcert-client is 
talking with the hardware catalog.

* Due to Bug 1078274, the hardware catalog calls may not find the 
matching certification entries when a new make is submitted. The new 
make will be stored in the catalog but as it is not yet approved the 
search will fail to locate it.

* A confusing error number 32000 may be displayed when the testplan for 
a certification is not yet frozen. The error message is correctly 
displayed and should be referenced; Bug 1084579.

* The audio test may fail to correctly determine the device card number 
and may fail on some HDMI audio devices; Bug 1045307.

* The hwcert-client-1.6.5.2-20140401 RC package has been tested against 
RHEL 6.5 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-1.6.5.2-20140316 beta and 
hwcert-client-1.6.5.2-20140401 RC:

  1083333 - ppc64 traceback after core test
  1014199 - hwcert web server submit traceback if cert ID is not set ...
  1081670 - hwcert traceback on searching for open certifications
  1080579 - results can not be saved if the first run contains ...
  1080221 - hwcert-client-1.6.5 storage tests still use ext3 ...
  1080479 - Application Error: 32000 searching for certification via ...
  1070360 - E7-4890 V2 fails cpuscaling - Cannot hit top turboboost ...
  1073634 - FEAT: add pci passthrough testing to FV testing
  1077954 - info test: "Environment instance has no attribute ...
  1079358 - hwcert-backend plan ignores --server on first run


Known issues:

  1045307 - Audio HDMI test failed with Error: aplay command failed
  1078274 - certifications and specifications created by XMLRPC are ...
  1084579 - certify returns "Test plan is not frozen" Fault code: -32000

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