[Hwcert-announce-list] Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite (hwcert-client-1.7.0-20140124.2) Beta 4 Package Available

[Engineering Partner Management]

Greetings Red Hat Partners,

We are pleased to announce the availability of the Red Hat Hardware 
Certification Test Suite Beta 4 (hwcert-client-1.7.0-20140124.2) for 
testing purposes with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x releases.

The Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite Beta 4 package 
(hwcert-client-1.7.0-20140124.2) 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-1.5.10-2 for 
RHEL 5.x and 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 4 is available at the 
following location:

ftp://partners.redhat.com/a166eabc5cf5df158922f9b06e5e7b21/hwcert/RHEL7/hwcert-client/1.7.0/beta-4/

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

ftp://partners.redhat.com/a166eabc5cf5df158922f9b06e5e7b21/hwcert/RHEL7/hwcert-client-info/1.7.0/beta-4


Highlights of the hwcert-client-1.7.0-20140124.2 test suite beta 4 include:

* Test servers are now standardized on RHEL 6. A hwcert-server.el7 
package is available for completeness but is not tested for use at this 
time.

* New RHEL 6.5, x86_64-based guest and data images for the fv-* tests 
are provided at:

ftp://partners.redhat.com/a166eabc5cf5df158922f9b06e5e7b21/hwcert/RHEL7/fv-images/

* The video test now uses gnome-shell and glxgears to verify support in 
RHEL 7. OpenGL support is required by the default desktop environment in 
RHEL 7. Mesa provides OpenGL support in software for hardware without 
driver support of OpenGL.

* The cpuscaling test now utilizes the 'cpupower' infrastructure 
replacing the previous 'cpufreq-selector' commands.

* Due to Bug #1057807, the cpuscaling test will traceback on systems not 
utilizing the Intel pstate cpu governor.

* The dvd+rw-tools package required for DVD and BD media write testing 
is not available in the server tree in RHEL 7 Snapshot 3 and earlier 
(Bug #1057304), and will need to be installed from the Workstation or 
Client trees.

* The fv_* tests will request the seabios package. This package is no 
longer required and this request may safely be ignored (Bug #1058443).

* The fv_* test default time-out is temporarily extended to 90 minutes 
to enable more complete debugging with the new fv images. This extended 
time-out allows testing to complete that would otherwise see the guest 
forced to power down (Bug #1043526).

* The profiler test is now re-enabled.

* The pccard test is now deprecated.


The hwcert-client-1.7.0-20140124.2 package has been tested against RHEL 
7.0 Snapshot 3 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 hwcert-client-1.7.0-62.1.el7 beta 3 and 
hwcert-client-1.7.0-20140124.2 beta 4:

  1057395 - hwcert cpuscaling test traceback, hwcert-backend ...
  1057370 - cpuscaling traceback on plan
  1057395 - hwcert cpuscaling test tb
   916356 - FEAT: Retire the pccard test
  1057159 - cpuscaling fails: max frequency measured is lower ...
  1056256 - scaling_available_frequencies file no longer available ...
  1043526 - Fv_Storage test failed with the testing progress time ...
  1056159 - hwcert-server filtering of saved results by date ...
  1056269 - cpuscaling test hang waiting for work processes
  1052762 - hwcert-backend certify doesn't run expected tests
  1054347 - hwcert stuck in loop checking catalog for outstanding tests
  1054386 - video test traceback when no display is connected
  1053794 - xml parser errors reading output logs
  1052321 - traceback on empty results.xml file
   965335 - video: no xorg-x11-apps package in RHEL7 needed for x11perf
  1033304 - network tests should use python "==" operator instead of "is"
  1050008 - "v7 submit" fails when "vendor" string contains a ...
  1037987 - Change the name of the "product-url" field in hwcert
  1043975 - hwcert-client tries to install kabi-whitelists for the ...
  1040098 - missing wget dependency
  1031840 - downloading of kernel info from the Partner's site should ...
  1031761 - network test logs include confusing version number
  1022754 - unable to initialize libusb on ppc64
  1019848 - plan prompt for test server is confusing
  1038354 - hwcert-client no longer logging "Test Parameters"
  1038345 - FV tests incorrectly state that some required packages ...
  1038887 - hwcert-backend: Dead loop occurs when trying to install ...
  1034808 - RHEL7 FV tests should use updated KVM guest image ...
  1032941 - hwcert-backend Error: could not determine selinux parameters
  1024499 - FEAT: Test tags should be added for new specifically ...
  1032718 - hwcert-backend save ignores --mode auto
  1031929 - The default target of v7/tests/Makefile should do ...
  1025459 - hwcert-server error downloading attached python files.
  1024514 - hwcert-backend won't skip debug warning prompt in --mode auto
  1023108 - core test shows make warning for target "clean"
  1032277 - hwcert-client should use date as a release number
  1028199 - profiler test is disabled


Known Issues list for hwcert-client-1.7.0-20140124.2 beta:

  1058443 - fv_* tests: seabios is no longer required
  1057807 - Traceback on cpuscaling test on AMD boxes
  1043526 - fv_storage test failed with time out


Known RHEL 7 Snapshot 3 issues that impact 
hwcert-client-1.7.0-20140124.2 beta:

  1057304 - dvd+rw-tools not present in server or server-option builds

Known RHEL 7 Snapshot 4 issues that impact 
hwcert-client-1.7.0-20140124.2 beta:

  1056148 - Cannot log in after installation when using the GUI

Red Hat values your ongoing participation and testing 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