Release status meeting minutes {Date}
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:Date: 08 April 2021
:toc:
.Agenda:
* Release Dates
* Subtrees
* LTS
* Opens
.Participants:
* Arm
* Canonical
* Debian/Microsoft
* Intel
* Marvell
* Nvidia
* Red Hat
Release Dates
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* `v21.05` dates
- -rc1: Thursday, 15 April
- Release: Friday, 14 May
* Please send roadmaps, preferably before beginning of the release
- Thanks to `Marvell`, `Huawei hns3`, `Nvidia`, `Wangxun`, `Intel` and `Arm`
for sending roadmap
Subtrees
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* main
- Locking review on thread patch by Microsoft
** https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=16091
** May miss the release, need to find out the priority
- Predictable RSS feature needs more review
** https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=16139
- David will work with Thomas on his new series
- Reworked the windows symbol export list
** https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=16138
** Better to apply it quickly
- Reported a vhost TSO problem
** Patches sent to mail list by David
- Thomas will work on -rc1 next week, reaming patches
** build system ones, especially Arm one
** raw/ioat, telemetry, pipeline, etc...
* next-net
- Progressing, nothing critical, ~70 patches in backlog
- ethdev library changes planned to be merged before -rc1
** There are some outstanding flow API patches
*** Relying Ori's review for them
- new PMD `ngbe` form Wangxun, planning to review this week
- pulled from vendor trees yesterday
- There is a testpmd multiprocess enable patch, please test it
** https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=15953
- Windows pcap enable patch has dependencies to main repo
** https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=15839
* next-crypto
- Some patches are merged, review going for others
- "lookaside IPsec UDP encapsulation and transport mode" patch
** Konstantin reviewed
** Need to add a new packet type to mbuf
*** Waiting for mbuf maintainer's ack
- There are three sets under review
** "multiple cipher data-units" by Matan
*** Can have more review, like from Intel?
** "raw data path dequeue API" change
*** Looks good, can proceed if there is no objection
** mlx5 crypto PMD
*** A new version is expected
**** Will be sent as it is available, work is going on
- "formalize key wrap method in API", by Matan, requires new version
* next-eventdev
- "event vectorization" support merged
- Intel dlb2, waiting for new version
- Marvell CNXK may be postponed to -rc2
** Because of common code dependency
- "eventdev crypto adapter" support, Abhinandan is reviewing
* next-virtio
- Chenbo sent the pull request
- Remaining patches will be considered for -rc2
* next-net-brcm
- Ajit shared status offline:
** Not pending patches, there will be coverity fixes
* next-net-intel
- Progressing
* next-net-mlx
- ~40 patches on queue, progressing
* next-net-mrvl
- a `qede` patch is waiting for release notes update
- CNXK net driver may be pushed to -rc2
** because of the common code dependency which may be merged for -rc1
*** A branch created for the main tree to pull
*** Common driver merged to the prepared branch
*** mempool driver is under review
*** ethdev/eventdev drivers will be merged after them
LTS
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* `v19.11` (next version is `v19.11.8`)
- Waiting OvS people to confirm if their test scope extended to cover
problematic build case to decide having an out of cycle `19.11.8-rc` or not
* `v20.11` (next version is `v20.11.2`)
- Not much update at this stage
Opens
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* There is a new security team member, working on security issues can continue
after he ramped up
* Regular coverity scans are going on, and there are some coverity fixes
already hit the mail list, please review/merge them
.DPDK Release Status Meetings
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The DPDK Release Status Meeting is intended for DPDK Committers to discuss the
status of the master tree and sub-trees, and for project managers to track
progress or milestone dates.
The meeting occurs on every Thursdays at 8:30 UTC. on https://meet.jit.si/DPDK
If you wish to attend just send an email to
"John McNamara <john.mcnam...@intel.com>" for the invite.
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