[dpdk-dev] [dpdk-announce] release candidate 21.08-rc4

[dpdk-dev] [dpdk-announce] release candidate 21.08-rc4

[Thomas Monjalon]

A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
	https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v21.08-rc4

There are 26 new patches in this snapshot,
for last critical fixes and some documentation updates.

Release notes:
	https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_21_08.html

Please check all pending announces of deprecations for 21.11:
https://patches.dpdk.org/bundle/tmonjalo/deprecation-notices/

You may share some release validation results
by replying to this message at dev@dpdk.org.

DPDK 21.08 should be released at the end of this week.

Please think about sharing your roadmap now for DPDK 21.11.

Thank you everyone

Re: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-announce] release candidate 21.08-rc4

[Jiang, YuX]

Hi All,
Update the test status for Intel part. Till now dpdk21.08-rc4 test is finished. No critical issue is found.
# Basic Intel(R) NIC testing
* Build or compile:
        *Build: cover the build test combination with latest GCC/Clang/ICC version and the popular OS revision such as Ubuntu20.04, Fedora34, etc.
                - All tests are done. All passed.
        *Compile: cover the CFLAGES(O0/O1/O2/O3) with popular OS such as Ubuntu20.04 and Fedora34.
                - All tests are done. All passed.
        *PF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
                - All tests are done. No new issue is found.
        *VF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including VF-RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
                - All tests are done. No new issue is found.
        *PF/VF(ice): test scenarios including Switch features/Package Management/Flow Director/Advanced Tx/Advanced RSS/ACL/DCF/Share code update/Flexible Descriptor, etc.
                - All tests are done. No new issue is found except known issues. Intel Dev. are working on them.
        *Intel NIC single core/NIC performance: test scenarios including PF/VF single core performance test, RFC2544 Zero packet loss performance test, etc.
                - Most important tests are done. All passed. No big performance drop.
        *Power and IPsec:
                * Power: test scenarios including bi-direction/Telemetry/Empty Poll Lib/Priority Base Frequency, etc.
                        - All tests are done. All passed.
                * IPsec: test scenarios including ipsec/ipsec-gw/ipsec library basic test - QAT&SW/FIB library, etc.
                        - All tests are done. All passed.
# Basic cryptodev and virtio testing
        *Virtio: both function and performance test are covered. Such as PVP/Virtio_loopback/virtio-user loopback/virtio-net VM2VM perf testing/VMAWARE ESXI 7.0u2, etc.
                - All tests are done. No new issue is found except known issues.
                        1),Split ring pvp can’t receive imix pkts when using vswitch app
                        2),virtio memory access out of bounds in virtio_check_scatter_on_all_rx_queues
                        3),vswitch_sample_cbdma: forward 8k packet failed when relaunch dpdk-vhost, refer to https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=771  & https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=772
                        4),vhost virtio loopback test failed when enqueue with cbdma
        *Cryptodev:
                *Function test: test scenarios including Cryptodev API testing/CompressDev ISA-L/QAT/ZLIB PMD Testing/FIPS, etc.
                        - All tests are done. No new issue is found except known issue.
                *Performance test: test scenarios including Thoughput Performance /Cryptodev Latency, etc.
                        - Not test. No related code changes.
BRs
Yu Jiang

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev <dev-bounces@dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Thomas Monjalon
> Sent: 2021年8月5日 0:54
> To: announce@dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-announce] release candidate 21.08-rc4
>
> A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
>       https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v21.08-rc4
>
> There are 26 new patches in this snapshot, for last critical fixes and some
> documentation updates.
>
> Release notes:
>       https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_21_08.html
>
> Please check all pending announces of deprecations for 21.11:
> https://patches.dpdk.org/bundle/tmonjalo/deprecation-notices/
>
> You may share some release validation results by replying to this message at
> dev@dpdk.org.
>
> DPDK 21.08 should be released at the end of this week.
>
> Please think about sharing your roadmap now for DPDK 21.11.
>
> Thank you everyone
>