> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Marchand <david.march...@redhat.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2021 2:38 AM
> To: annou...@dpdk.org
> Cc: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net>
> Subject: release candidate 21.11-rc4
>
> Hi all,
>
> A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
> https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v21.11-rc4
>
> There are 46 new patches in this snapshot, for last critical fixes and some
> documentation updates.
>
> Release notes:
> https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.html
>
> You may share some release validation results by replying to this message at
> dev@dpdk.org.
>
> DPDK 21.11 should be released at the end of this week.
>
> Please think about sharing your roadmap now for the next release.
>
> Thank you everyone.
>
>
> --
> David Marchand
Update the test status for Intel part. Till now dpdk21.11-rc4 validation test
is almost finished. No critical issue and no new 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, Fedora35, RHEL8.4, etc.
- All test done.
- Known bug: https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=881:
dpdk-next-net-mrvl branch still need rebase the fix.
*Compile: cover the CFLAGES(O0/O1/O2/O3) with popular OS such as
Ubuntu20.04 and RHEL8.4.
- All passed.
* PF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including
RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
- All test done. No new issue is found.
- One known bug https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=864:
pmd_stacked_bonded/test_mode_backup_rx:after setup stacked bonded ports,start
top level bond port.
- still verify failed based on dpdk21.11-rc4.
* VF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including
VF-RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
- All test done. No new issue is found.
- Two known bugs. Intel dev is investigating them.
[dpdk-21.11]vf_jumboframe/test_vf_jumbo_withjumbo:
launch testpmd failed on driver ixgbe-5.13.4
[dpdk-21.11]vf_vlan/add_pvid_vf: launch testpmd showing
error log after vf vlan in kernel pf
* 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 test done. No new issue is found.
* Intel NIC single core/NIC performance: test scenarios including PF/VF
single core performance test, RFC2544 Zero packet loss performance test, etc.
- All test done. No big performance drop.
* 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.
- Most have 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 7.0u3, etc.
- All test done. No new issue is found.
- Known issue:
- One about VMware ESXI 7.0U3: failed to start port.
Intel Dev is under investigating.
* Cryptodev:
*Function test: test scenarios including Cryptodev API
testing/CompressDev ISA-L/QAT/ZLIB PMD Testing/FIPS, etc.
- All test done. No new issue is found.
*Performance test: test scenarios including Thoughput
Performance /Cryptodev Latency, etc.
- All test done. No big performance drop.
