A new DPDK release candidate wait to be massively tested:
http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/tag/?id=v1.8.0-rc2
This is the first release candidate (rc1 was a first step to integrate some
important reworks). If everything goes well, the 1.8.0 release should be out
in 2 weeks.
Changelog (main changes since rc1)
- fixes for:
* ixgbe
* i40e
* virtio
* vmxnet3
* pcap
* kni
* Ubuntu
* Fedora
* FreeBSD
- enhancements:
* upgrade ixgbe base driver with X550 support
* upgrade i40e base driver
* TCP segmentation offload
* bonding mode 4 & 5
* default conf for each PMD
* i40e configurable CRC stripping
* i40evf RSS
* i40e VXLAN
* i40e mac vlan filter
* i40e ethertype filter
* i40e flow director
* i40e link status interrupt
* i40e VMDQ
* Cisco VIC PMD
* AF_PACKET PMD
* virtio promiscuous
* vhost library
* power management in KVM guest
* IBM PowerPC support preview
* unit test to measure cycles per packet
* distributor example
* skeleton application
* option to list enabled lcores
* option to set master lcore
* some clean-up of EAL
* documentation guides generated with sphinx
It's now time for stabilization, i.e test, fix but don't break it more ;)
Thank you all for making it great.
--
Thomas
