DPDK 21.05 RC1 on IBM Power result
* DPDK: v21.05-rc1-0-g1b593b9c8
* OS: RHEL 8.3 kernel level: 4.18.0-240.el8.ppc64le
* GCC: version 8.3.1 20191121 (Red Hat 8.3.1-5)
* Basic PF on Mellanox: No new issues or regressions were seen.
* Performance: not tested.
System tested:
- IBM Power9 Model 8335-101 CPU: 2.3 (pvr 004e 1203)
Tested NICs:
- Mellanox Technologies MT28800 Family [ConnectX-5 Ex]
- MLNX_OFED_LINUX-5.2-1.0.4.1
- Firmware level: 16.29.1017
Regards,
Thinh Tran
On 4/29/2021 6:03 AM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
Release status meeting minutes {Date}
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:Date: 29 April 2021
:toc:
.Agenda:
* Release Dates
* -rc1 status
* Subtrees
* LTS
* Defects
.Participants:
* Broadcom
* Intel
* Marvell
* Nvidia
* Red Hat
Release Dates
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* `v21.05` dates
- -rc2: Wednesday, 5 May
- -rc3: Wednesday, 12 May
- Release pushed to *Friday, 21 May*
* 1-5 May is Labor Day holiday in PRC.
* `v21.08` draft dates, please comment:
- Proposal/V1: Wednesday, 2 June
- -rc1: Wednesday, 7 July
- Release: Friday, 6 August
* Expecting a small `v21.08` release.
rc1 status
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* Intel shared the -rc1 test results
-
http://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/sj0pr11mb51502a2ac546e7561f331192fe...@sj0pr11mb5150.namprd11.prod.outlook.com/
- No critical or blocking issue
- Some Bugzilla defects submitted
- Konstantin reported an IPsec issue, in ipsec-secgw
** Investigation is going on, will submit a Bugzilla defect when ready
Subtrees
--------
* main
- Quite this week, not much update
- There is a doc patch to include code in documentation
**
https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20210421091146.1384708-1-conor.wa...@intel.com/
** Waiting for more review/ack to merge
*** Intel is planning a rework on existing documentation for this
- meson syntax update patch merged
** There is another series from Bruce with a script to check the syntax
***
https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20210426105403.226004-1-bruce.richard...@intel.com/
* next-net
- Some fixes already merged, ~60 patches in backlog
- Fixes in the backlog, looks OK for -rc2
- Pulled from vendor sub-trees yesterday
* next-crypto
- No update
* next-eventdev
- CNXK eventdev driver for -rc2, may get a new version
- For dlb2, techboard made a decision
** Waiting for new version
* next-virtio
- Chenbo sent pull request yesterday
- During PRC holiday Maxime will take care of the tree
- Maxime will review patches next week
* next-net-brcm
- A couple of patches merged, a few to follow, nothing big for release
* next-net-intel
- No update
* next-net-mlx
- Merged some patches, ~30 left in backlog
- May get one more new series, but that won't be big
* next-net-mrvl
- CNXK net driver planned for -rc2
** It may be postponed to next release
** Since driver will go via next-net, Ferruh will try to review
LTS
---
* `v19.11` (next version is `v19.11.9`)
- Not much update at this stage
* `v20.11` (next version is `v20.11.2`)
- Not much update at this stage
Defects
-------
* Ajit continues to follow/manage the Bugzilla
- Bugs are under control, some new ones assigned to owners
- Some regressions reported
- Some fix patches sent for gcc11 errors
** Kevin not verified them yet
** Both Fedora 34 and gcc11 are released, better to support them
*** We can take gcc11 build issues as soft-blocker for the release
.DPDK Release Status Meetings
*****
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.
*****
