RHBA-2011:1436 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated v7 package that fixes several bugs and adds multiple enhancements is
now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hardware Certification.

Description

v7, the Red Hat Enterprise Linux hardware certification test suite, verifies the
compatibility of hardware devices. Each v7 test run builds a results database
for submission to Red Hat's hardware catalog as an RPM package. v7 replaces Red
Hat Hardware Test Suite (HTS) for certifying hardware for use with Red Hat
Enterprise Linux.

This updated v7 package includes numerous bug fixes and enhancements. Space
precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are directed
to the v7 Hardware Certification Test Suite 1 Technical Notes for information on
the most significant of these changes:

https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/v7_Hardware_Certification_Test_Suite/1/html/Technical_Notes/index.html

All users of v7 are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which provides
numerous bug fixes and enhancements.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red
Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite 6 s390x
• Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite 6 i386
• Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite 5 ppc
• Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite 5 ia64
• Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 521609 - v7 plan --server says server has error: /var/v7/export
• BZ - 559834 - fv_* is not listed in v7 plan on rhel54-server-ia64-xen system
• BZ - 633652 - [RFE]: v7 bluray test fail on BD-R disk
• BZ - 684075 - the hardware <make/> tag in results.xml is never set.
• BZ - 701491 - kdump test should improve dependant rpm installation and logging
• BZ - 702140 - Unable to determine pass/fail state of logs after packaging with v7 submit
• BZ - 702695 - v7 server should have it's own package
• BZ - 705326 - fv_* tests incorrectly tagged as interactive, resulting in failures in auto mode
• BZ - 705844 - interactive tests run in --mode auto should fail
• BZ - 710173 - Remove test verification prompt if no errors found
• BZ - 711155 - v7: sh: kudzu: command not found
• BZ - 711161 - v7 usb test Error: test raised exception on zero-length/non-integer prompt response
• BZ - 714848 - Preview kernel taint should be error but not warning
• BZ - 716557 - Change v7_rteval.py maximum latency from 100us to 150us.
• BZ - 717779 - Reboot nfs test does not reliably grab an ip address causing the test to fail
• BZ - 725441 - FEAT: save command should store results on server for review
• BZ - 726512 - v7 installs old version of decimal module for the cpuscaling test
• BZ - 730918 - v7 server daemon fails on startup - can not create task file
• BZ - 731322 - network test gives 404 when trying fetching files from servers
• BZ - 731332 - reboot says: "global name 'mode' is not defined"
• BZ - 731337 - kdump says: "not all arguments converted during string formatting"
• BZ - 731611 - udp test is missing in network.py
• BZ - 732463 - v7 save command saves empty results
• BZ - 734985 - info: TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found
• BZ - 736638 - v7 storage test won't work on 4K sector storage device
• BZ - 736666 - v7 storage test has an improper write/read sequence
• BZ - 736675 - v7 storage test sets an improper I/O records
• BZ - 736679 - v7 storage test: improper dt options for raw I/O test
• BZ - 737859 - bluray incur traceback: BluRayTest instance has no attribute 'mediaNames'
• BZ - 745212 - Traceback on blank Model Name in dmidecode
• BZ - 746918 - cpuscaling failure on v7-1-4-30 cpus don't settle to minimum frequency for On Demand test.
• BZ - 747379 - v7 1.4 R32 network test traceback when server validation fails.
• BZ - 747736 - v7 test 'profiler' terminates with backtrace
• BZ - 748062 - v7 1.4 R34 cpuscaling selects wrong measurement method
• BZ - 749068 - v7-1.4 is missing the kudzu devices data in hardware.log on RHEL6

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/v7_Hardware_Certification_Test_Suite/1/html/Technical_Notes/index.html