All, Update the test status for Intel part. Till now dpdk21.08-rc1 test is finished and 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 passed. *Compile: cover the CFLAGES(O0/O1/O2/O3) with popular OS such as Ubuntu20.04 and Fedora34. - All passed. * PF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc. - All tests are done. - One new issue about distributor: Core dumped occurs when execute distributor_autotest under dpdk-test is found on 32-bit Ubuntu20.04 build environment. Intel Dev. has provided patch to fix it. - One known bug https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=687: Dev has provided patch to fix it, the patch is waiting for merge. * VF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including VF-RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc. - All passed. 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. More than 8 bugs about cvl_ipfragment_rte_flow/cvl_fdir/iavf_fdir/cvl_advanced_rss/CVL_Qos issues are found. 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. - All passed. * Power and IPsec: * Power: test scenarios including bi-direction/Telemetry/Empty Poll Lib/Priority Base Frequency, etc. - All passed. * IPsec: test scenarios including ipsec/ipsec-gw/ipsec library basic test - QAT&SW/FIB library, etc. - 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 issue. * 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. - All tests are done. No big perf drop.
Best regards, Yu Jiang > -----Original Message----- > From: dev <dev-boun...@dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Thomas Monjalon > Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2021 6:05 PM > To: annou...@dpdk.org > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-announce] release candidate 21.08-rc1 > > A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing: > https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v21.08-rc1 > > There are 517 new patches in this snapshot. > This release cycle is short and should be small. > > Release notes: > https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_21_08.html > > Highlights of 21.08-rc1: > - Linux auxiliary bus > - Aarch32 cross-compilation > - Arm CPPC power management > - Rx multi-queue monitoring for power management > - XZ compressed firmware read > - Marvell CNXK drivers for ethernet, crypto and baseband PHY > > Please test and report issues on bugs.dpdk.org. > > DPDK 21.08-rc2 is expected in less than two weeks. > > Thank you everyone >