DPDK release candidate 26.03-rc2

Update the test status for Intel part. dpdk26.03-rc2 all validation test done. found 8 new issues.

New issues:
1. [26.03-rc2][E825][gnrd] ieee1588/ieee1588_enable: timestamp error -> Intel development is investigating
2. [26.03-rc2] ice_load_ddp_scheduler_topology/perf_queuegroup_SP_queue_RR_SP_WFQ_loading_ddp_scheduler_topology: start testpmd failed -> Intel development is investigating
3. [26.03-rc2] meson_tests/driver: event_eth_rx_intr_adapter_autotestcase test failed -> Intel development is investigating
4. [26.03-rc2]large_vf:multi_vfs_256_queues: Fail to start port -> Intel development is investigating
5. [26.03-rc2] ice_fdir_pppol2tpoudp new feature all issues -> Intel development is investigating
6. [26.03-rc2] enable_dcb_pfc: Pausing frame cannot be sent when "set pfc_ctrl rx off tx on 0 0 65535 0 0 " -> Intel development is investigating
7. [26.03-rc2] generic_flow_api/fdir_for_flexbytes: validaterule failed -> Intel development is investigating
8. [26.03-rc2] ice_fdir/mac_ipv4_tun_mac_ipv4_sctp: create rule failed -> Intel development is investigating

* 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-rc2

* 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 25GbE
* 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