DPDK release candidate 26.03-rc1
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From: Thomas Monjalon <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2026 6:31 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: DPDK release candidate 26.03-rc1A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v26.03-rc1There are 356 new patches in this snapshot.
Release notes:
https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_26_03.htmlHighlights 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
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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
IBM - Power Systems Testing
DPDK v26.03-rc1
* Build CI on Fedora 40, 41, 42 and 43 container images for ppc64le
* Basic PF on Mellanox: No issues found
* Performance: TestPMD single core tests on ConnectX-7, no issues found
* OS:- RHEL 10.1 kernel: 6.12.0-124.39.1.el10_1.ppc64le
with gcc version 14.2.1 20250110 (Red Hat 14.2.1-7)
Systems tested:
- LPARs on IBM Power10 CHRP IBM, 9105-22A
NICs:
- Mellanox Technologies MT2910 Family [ConnectX-7 25 GbE 4-Port]
- Firmware Version: 28.47.1088
- OFED 26.01-1.0.0
Regards,
Riley Fletcher
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A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v26.03-rc1There are 356 new patches in this snapshot.
Release notes:
https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_26_03.htmlHighlights 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 shadowingPlease test and report issues on bugs.dpdk.org.
We plan to release -rc2 in 2 weeks.
Thank you everyone