[Hwcert-announce-list] Updated Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite and Kernel Information Packages for RHEL 7 Available

[Engineering Partner Management]

Greetings Red Hat Partners,

We are pleased to announce the general availability (GA) of updated Red 
Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite and Kernel Information packages, 
hwcert-client-1.7.0.1-20140611 and hwcert-client-info-1.7.0.1-20140611, 
for certification purposes with the GA release of Red Hat Enterprise 
Linux 7.0.

The Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite package update *is* an 
official release and should be used for all new Red Hat Enterprise Linux 
7 certification submissions. The previous test suite and kernel info 
packages (hwcert-client-1.7.0-20140416 and 
hwcert-client-info-1.7.0-20140502) should continue to be utilized for 
any remaining testing on the RHEL 7 RC. Passing results from the 
previous test suite will continue to be accepted for a period of 90 days.

The updated Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite packages are 
available at the following locations:

Updated hwcert-client on Red Hat Customer Portal
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https://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/software/packages/details/Overview.do?pid=968001

Updated hwcert-server on Red Hat Customer Portal
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https://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/software/packages/details/Overview.do?pid=968000

Updated hwcert-client-info on Red Hat Customer Portal
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https://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/software/packages/details/Overview.do?pid=968035

Alternative Download Locations

Updated hwcert-client and hwcert-server on Partners FTP
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ftp://partners.redhat.com/a166eabc5cf5df158922f9b06e5e7b21/hwcert/RHEL7/hwcert-client/1.7.0.1/GA/

Updated hwcert-info on Partners FTP
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ftp://partners.redhat.com/a166eabc5cf5df158922f9b06e5e7b21/hwcert/RHEL7/hwcert-client-info/1.7.0.1/GA/


Highlights of the hwcert-client-1.7.0.1-20140611 package include:

* The cpuscaling test is now updated to work with the RHEL7 acpi driver

* The wireless tests are now updated to use the iw commands replacing 
the iwconfig command used in RHEL6

* The audio test is now updated to work with multi-part HDMI audio 
devices as found in some ULT systems

* The network test is now updated to work with interleaved letter and 
number device names

* The video test now correctly calls the xdriinfo command


Highlights of the hwcert-client-info-1.7.0.1-20140611 package include:

* The RHEL 7.0 kernel information is updated to the RHEL 7.0 GA kernel 
version.


The hwcert-client-1.7.0.1-20140611 and 
hwcert-client-info-1.7.0.1-20140611 packages have been tested against 
RHEL 7.0 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-1.7.0.1-20140611 Update and the previous 
hwcert-client-1.7.0-20140416 GA package:

  1099670 - single core cpuscaling test fails using powersave on acpi
  1106972 - traceback on plan for disconnected wlan
  1102483 - wireless-tools package removed from RHEL 7 ...
  1084578 - Audio HDMI test failed with Error: aplay command failed
  1095993 - Fix regex for NIC name with letter and digit interleaved
  1094510 - Kdump nfs test fail on RH7 RC2 build OS with GA of test kit
  1098059 - replace "xdrinfo" with "xdriinfo" in the video.py

Changelog between hwcert-client-1.7.0.1-20140611 Update and the previous 
hwcert-client-info-1.7.0-20140502 GA

  1111397 - Update kernel information to RHEL7 GA values


Red Hat values 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