The HBA certification test suite (hbacert)

The hbacert test suite is provided to assist customers developing host bus adapter drivers that conform to driver certification requirements.

The hbacert package installs all of the HBA certification tests.

The installation scripts create a new user account and copy all the tests into the home directory of the new user. By default, the new user account is named hbacert and the tests are placed in /home/hbacert/testsuites.

There is one directory under testsuites for each test, as follows:

cdrom

CD-ROM tests

common

basic utilities used by the test and certification suites; these tests are not run explicitly, but are required to run all of the other tests

fdd

floppy disk tests

hd

hard disk tests

mtest

manual HBA tests

pdiext

SDI extensions tests

precert

HBA pre-certification tests to verify the driver's Driver Software Package (DSP)

tape

tape drive tests

For each type of device, stress tests are included that are also required for certification. The optional tests are not required for certification but are recommended for further verification of your driver and the associated hardware.

The following table summarizes the tests used for testing each type of device.

hbacert tests per device type

Device	cdrom	fdd	hd	mtest	pdiext	tape	precert
CD-ROM drive	X
Hard disk			X
Tape drive						X
Floppy disk		X
HBA w/driver	X	A	X	X	X	X	X
Integrated HBA and driver	A	A	A	X	X	A	X

Key:

X

Test required

A

Test required if this type of device is part of the integrated combination that is being certified.

For example, to certify an HBA driver that supports only disk, tape, and CDROM devices, you would be required to run the cdrom, hd, mtest, pdiext, tape, and precert tests (but not the fdd test).