[Hwcert-announce-list] Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite (hwcert-client-1.6.5.2-20140416) General Availability Package Available

Wed Apr 16 23:19:01 UTC 2014

Greetings Red Hat Partners,

We are pleased to announce the general availability of the Red Hat 
Hardware Certification Test Suite (hwcert-client-1.6.5.2-20140416) for 
certification purposes with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x.

The Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite General Availability (GA) 
package (hwcert-client-1.6.5.2-20140416) *is* an official release and 
should be used for Red Hat Enterprise Linux certification submissions. 
Results from the current Red Hat hardware test suite 
(hwcert-client-1.6.5-25.1 for RHEL 6.x) will continue to be accepted for 
a period of 90 days.

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

ftp://partners.redhat.com/a166eabc5cf5df158922f9b06e5e7b21/hwcert/RHEL6/hwcert-client/1.6.5.2/GA 

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

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

Highlights of the hwcert-client-1.6.5.2-20140416 test suite GA include:

* The hwcert-server-1.6.5.2-20140416 package should now be used on the 
Test Suite Server for all Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6.

* The network bandwidth test will now retry on failure with a warning 
message replacing a confusing failure message before the retry.

* The error message that returns when the test plan for a certification 
is not yet frozen has been cleaned up to make it more clear.

* 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.

Reminder of the highlights between the previous test suite 
hwcert-client-1.6.5-25.1 and the release candidate 
hwcert-client-1.6.5.2-20140401:

* 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.

* The hwcert-server can now send results via email. Please note, a mail 
handler is not configured by default by the test suite server.

* The biosdevname check in the network tests has been updated to gather 
info for each the RHEL 6 device naming schemes.

* The expresscard test can now test an expresscard slot when using a 
USB+PCIE combo expresscard.

The hwcert-client-1.6.5.2-20140416 GA 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-1.6.5.2-20140401 RC and 
hwcert-client-1.6.5.2-20140416 GA:

  1045307 - Audio HDMI test failed with Error: aplay command failed
  1085926 - client version string incorrect
  1084579 - certify returns "Test plan is not frozen" Fault code: -32000

Known issues:

  1078274 - certifications and specifications created by XMLRPC are ...

Changelog between the previous test suite hwcert-client-1.6.5-25.1 and 
the release candidate hwcert-client-1.6.5.2-20140401

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
1076083 - Add an optional biosdevname test to the test suite
1076081 - Core clocktest : Warning: could not determine clocksource
1076085 - HWCert: Add .gitignore file in v7.git
1075782 - packaging past results leaves existing results
1076952 - FEAT: hwcert test suite could handle hardware spec and ...
1076955 - expresscard: PCI-e and USB test might both get tested ...
1073634 - FEAT: add pci passthrough testing to FV testing
1069751 - FEAT: hwcert-server should provide a push to email link
1056272 - cpuscaling test hang waiting for work processes
1056161 - hwcert-server filtering of saved results by date doesn't work.
1055803 - hwcert-backend certify doesn't run expected tests
1054345 - hwcert stuck in loop checking catalog for outstanding tests
1053795 - xml parser errors reading output logs
1022749 - traceback on empty results.xml file
1051625 - network tests should use python "==" operator instead of "is"
1028520 - Change the name of the "product-url" field in hwcert
1020708 - "v7 submit" fails when "vendor" string contains a tab
1045134 - plan prompt for test server is confusing
1040534 - missing wget dependency
1045128 - network test logs include confusing version number
1045126 - downloading of kernel info from the Partner's site should ...
1043517 - v7 cannot handle yum errors
  984098 - with empty input, hwcert will crash.
1040734 - hwcert-server error downloading attached python files.
1016382 - hwcert-client no longer logging "Test Parameters"
1034496 - hwcert-backend won't skip debug warning prompt in --mode auto
1027431 - hwcert-backend save ignores --mode auto
1032701 - save command return value is non-zero on success
1032698 - hwcert-client should use date as a release number
1032696 - FEAT: [1.6] Test tags should be added for new specifically ...

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