[Hwcert-announce-list] Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite (hwcert-client-1.6.5.2-20140430) General Availability Package Available

[Engineering Partner Management]

This version of the Hardware Certification Test Suite was released on
May 21, but only the errata announcement was sent. We neglected to send
this separate announcement to our partners as we usually do and we are
sending it now to correct that omission.

A newer version of the test suite, version 1.6.5.2-20140611, replaces 
this version and is available now.


Greetings Red Hat Partners,

We are pleased to announce the general availability of the Red Hat 
Hardware Certification Test Suite (hwcert-client-1.6.5.2-20140430) for 
certification purposes with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x.

The Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite General Availability (GA) 
package (hwcert-client-1.6.5.2-20140430) *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-1.6.5-20140416 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 locations:

https://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/software/packages/details/Overview.do?pid=972103

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:

https://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/software/packages/details/Overview.do?pid=963202

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


Highlights of the hwcert-client-1.6.5.2-20140430 test suite GA include:

* Multiple regressions in the network test have been fixed to resolve 
problems planning the 40GigEthernet test and running the 10GigEthernet 
that would cause tracebacks.

* A regression in the memory test has been fixed to allow it to pass on 
RHEL6 i386 again.

The hwcert-client-1.6.5.2-20140430 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 the previous hwcert-client-1.6.5.2-20140416 and 
hwcert-client-1.6.5.2-20140430 GA:

1091783 - The test tool cannot create 40G network plan on RHEL6.5.
1090820 - [hwcert-client-1.6.5.2-20140416] i386 memory test fail ...
1090417 - NameError: global name 'sys' is not defined
1090365 - network test throws AttributeError: Ethernet10GigTest ...
1088007 - Bandwidth Failure marked as Pass

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 Engineering Account Manager.

Regards,

The Red Hat Hardware Certification Team