[Hwcert-announce-list] Red Hat Certification 7.29, Test Suite Updates, and Updated Certification Workflow Site Available

[Ecosystem Partner Management]

Greetings Red Hat Partners,

We are pleased to announce the general availability (GA) of Red Hat
Certification 7.29 and its associated test suite package updates (listed
below). This Red Hat Certification package update *is* an official release
and should be used for all new Red Hat certification submissions.
Successful results from the previous certification test suite will be
accepted for a period of 90 days.

The updated Red Hat Certification packages listed below are available on
the Red Hat Customer Portal at the following location:

https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/282/

redhat-certification-7.29-20210603.1.el8.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-backend-7.29-20210603.1.el8.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-baremetal-7.29-20210603.1.el8.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-cloud-7.29-20210603.1.el8.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-cloud-sap-7.29-20210603.1.el8.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-hardware-7.29-20210603.1.el8.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-hardware-preview-7.29-20210603.1.el8.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-openstack-7.29-20210603.1.el8.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-software-7.29-20210603.1.el8.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-7.29-20210603.1.el7.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-backend-7.29-20210603.1.el7.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-baremetal-7.29-20210603.1.el7.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-cloud-7.29-20210603.1.el7.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-cloud-sap-7.29-20210603.1.el7.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-hardware-7.29-20210603.1.el7.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-hardware-preview-7.29-20210603.1.el7.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-openstack-7.29-20210603.1.el7.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-backend-7.29-20210603.1.el6.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-cloud-7.29-20210603.1.el6.noarch.rpm


The Red Hat Certification management interface on Red Hat Partner Connect,
which is available at https://rhcert.connect.redhat.com, has been updated
to use these packages.

This release includes enhancements and bug fixes as follows:

Improvements

Program

Details

Hardware Certification

Uncore subtest now only executes on supported architectures


   -

   The uncore subtest in the profiler test now only runs on x86_64
   architectures. The profiler test will continue to test the core performance
   counters on ppc64le, s390x, and aarch64 architectures.
   -

   This replaces the earlier behavior where the subtest exited with a PASS
   state when run on unsupported architectures.


Hardware Certification

Turbostat subtest now only executes on supported architectures


   -

   The turbostat subtest in the cpuscaling test now only runs on Intel
   x86_64 processors.
   -

   This replaces the earlier behavior where the subtest exited with a WARN
   state when run on unsupported architectures.


Hardware Certification

Automatic planning of individual Bluetooth tests based on the controller
version


   -

   The Bluetooth test now uses the hciconfig command to detect the
   controller version and accordingly plans the respective test: bluetooth3,
   bluetooth4, or bluetooth5.
   -

   A corresponding bluetooth device supporting the same bluetooth major
   version is required.



Bug fixes

Program

Details

Hardware Certification

USB3 test now shows correct device speed on multi-lane devices


   -

   The usb3_20gbps test now includes the tx/rx lane values when calculating
   the device speed.  These values were previously not considered while
   calculating the device speed resulting in an incorrect device speed being
   reported on multi-lane devices. This issue is now fixed.

Hardware Certification

Work around a known issue in the sosreport and kernel tests


   -

   In RHEL 7.6+ releases, the sosreport test could cause the kernel to be
   tainted. This happens when the sosreport command calls bpftool which is
   Technology Preview in RHEL 7.6. This would then result in the kernel test
   reporting a FAIL.
   -

   The kernel test now considers this situation and reports a REVIEW
   instead of FAIL if the kernel appears to be tainted due to this issue.


See Red Hat Knowledge Base solution 4544501
<https://access.redhat.com/solutions/4544501> for more information on this
issue.



We value your ongoing participation in Red Hat certification, software
development, and testing efforts. Thank you for your continued partnership.
If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact
Ecosystem Partner Management.


Regards,

The Red Hat Certification Team
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