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

[Engineering Partner Management]

Greetings Red Hat Partners,

We are pleased to announce the general availability (GA) of the 
following updated Red Hat Certification Hardware Test Suite packages:

redhat-certification-hardware-1.7.1-20150901.el7
redhat-certification-information-1.7.1-20150901.el7

These updated Red Hat Certification Hardware Test Suite package *are* an 
official release and can be be used for new Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x 
hardware certification submissions.


Highlights of these updated packages include:

* Resolves a number of critical impact bugs and improves usability for 
completing certification on RHEL 7
* Improves usability


An updated user guide preview for the new test suite is available at the 
link below and will be available shortly on the Red Hat Customer Portal. 
A separate announcement will be sent when it is published on the Portal.
http://people.redhat.com/gcase/docs_preview/rhcert/


In addition to the updated test suite packages, an update to the 
full-virt guest configuration file for the pre-built guest images has 
also been produced. If you store the guest image on your test server to 
allow for faster testing, you should update your copy of the 
hwcert-x86_64.xml.tar.bz2 file. The newest version can be found in our 
FTP directory here:

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



The new Red Hat Certification Hardware Test Suite packages 
(redhat-certification, redhat-certification-hardware, and 
redhat-certification-information) are available only via the Red Hat 
Customer Portal at the following location:

https://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/channels/PackageList.do?cid=24603

The linked resource indicates that the files are for 64-bit x86_64 RHEL 
7, but the packages can be used for 64-bit IBM System z, 64-bit IBM 
POWER, and 64-bit x86_64 architectures.

If you do not have a Red Hat Customer Portal account or are having 
difficulty downloading the files, please contact your partner manager or 
engineering account manager for assistance.


Changes made since the previous release:

1245347 - el7 version Video test updated to provide the display value 
with command xdpyinfo
1248707 - Fixed audio test issue where multiple devices weren't tested
1248818 - Added package requirement for xfsprogs to storage test
1255486 - Improved error message for missing hdmi speaker device
1253658 - Changed to more reliable means for determining realtime is active
1249774 - Allow for manually adding a test to plan without requiring a 
device
1253663 - Present HDMI or Internal with audio test information in cli 
print and web ui
1253664 - Running a single audio test in web ui only runs that test for 
that device
1252165 - Fix erroneous suspend test failure
1257958 - Wireless test traceback when checking supported types
1251709 - Kdump test modified to save one crash core file per run with UUID


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 engineering 
account manager.

Regards,

The Red Hat Hardware Certification Team