> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2026 6:31 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: DPDK release candidate 26.03-rc1
>
> A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
> https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v26.03-rc1
>
> There are 356 new patches in this snapshot.
>
> Release notes:
> https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_26_03.html
>
> Highlights of 26.03-rc1:
> - ACL custom memory allocation
> - cryptodev 256-bit NEA/NCA/NIA algorithms
> - OpenSSL AES-XTS and SHAKE algorithms
> - BPF atomic XCHG instruction
> - no more format overflow in libraries
> - no more variable shadowing
>
> Please test and report issues on bugs.dpdk.org.
>
> We plan to release -rc2 in 2 weeks.
>
> Thank you everyone
>
Update the test status for Intel part. dpdk26.03-rc1 all validation test done.
found 3 new issues.
New issues:
1. pmd_bonded_8023ad:test_command_line_option: failed to set bond port ready
-> has fix patch
Patch link:
https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/[email protected]/
2. eventdev_pipeline:test_check_load_balance_behavior_with_default_type: The
number of captured packets is not as expected -> has fix patch
Patch link:
https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/[email protected]/
3. meson_tests/driver: event_inline_ipsec_autotest case test failed
-> has fix patch
Patch link:
https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/[email protected]/
* Build & CFLAG compile: cover the build test with latest GCC/Clang version on
the following OS(all passed)
- Ubuntu25.10/Ubuntu24.04.3
- RHEL9.6/RHEL10
- Fedora43
- FreeBSD15.0
- SUSE16
- OpenAnolis8.10
- OpenEuler24.04-SP2
- AzureLinux3.0
* Function tests: All test done and found 3 issues.
- ICE-(E810, E825, E830, E2100) PF/VF: test scenarios including
basic/RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum
offload/mac_filter/VLAN/VXLAN/RSS/Switch/Package Management/Flow
Director/Advanced Tx/Advanced RSS/ACL/DCF/Flexible Descriptor, etc.
- i40E-(XXV710, X722) PF/VF: test scenarios including
basic/RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/mac_filter/VLAN/VXLAN/RSS, etc.
- IXGBE-(E610) PF/VF: test scenarios including basic/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum
offload/mac_filter/VLAN/VXLAN/RSS, etc.
- IGC-(i226) PF: test scenarios including
basic/RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/mac_filter/VLAN/VXLAN/RSS, etc.
- IGB-(i350) PF: test scenarios including
basic/RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/mac_filter/VLAN/VXLAN/RSS, etc.
- IPsec: test scenarios including ipsec/ipsec-gw/ipsec library basic test -
QAT&SW/FIB library, etc.
- Virtio: both function and performance test are covered. Such as
PVP/Virtio_loopback/virtio-user loopback/virtio-net VM2VM perf testing/VMAWARE
ESXI 9.0, etc.
- Cryptodev: test scenarios including Cryptodev API testing/CompressDev
ISA-L/QAT/ZLIB PMD Testing/FIPS, etc.
- DLB: test scenarios including DLB2.0 and DLB2.5
- Other: test scenarios including AF_XDP, Power, CBDMA, DSA
* Performance test: All test done and passed
- Thoughput Performance
- Cryptodev Latency
Regards,
Xu, Hailin
