release candidate 19.05-rc4

Hi Thomas-

I tested 19.05-rc4 on IBM Power9 hardware. No issues were were seen.

Tests run:
* Single port stability test using l3fwd (16 cpus) and TRex, tested 64
and 1500 byte packets at a 0.0% drop rate for 4 hours each.

System tested:
- IBM Power9 Model 8335-101 CPU: 2.3 (pvr 004e 1203)

Tested NICs:
- ConnectX-5 (fw 16.23.1020).

OS Tested
- Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS (kernel 4.15.0-47-generic)

Latest dpdk tested version:
- version(tag): v19.05-rc4

Regards,
Dave

Hi Thomas,

We've tested rc4 in Mellanox and we are only missing one patch:
http://patches.dpdk.org/patch/53382/
which is a major blocking for running MLX5 with failsafe PMD.

Kindest regards,
Raslan Darawsheh

Hello,

DPDK https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgit.dpdk.org%2Fdpdk%2Fsnapshot%2Fdpdk-19.05-rc4.tar.xz&data=01%7C01%7Cjuhlee%40microsoft.com%7C9a54854a243946e49c0e08d6d7f8e325%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1&sdata=Ako1OMrLmgmRTpExbu9bXSIaC4DqciA%2B7QOqw3%2BomFQ%3D&reserved=0 was validated on Azure for Canonical UbuntuServer 16.04-LTS latest, Canonical UbuntuServer 18.04-DAILY-LTS latest, RedHat RHEL 7-RAW latest, RedHat RHEL 7.5 latest, Openlogic CentOS 7.5 latest, SUSE SLES 15 latest. Tested with Mellanox and netvsc poll-mode drivers.
The tests were executed using LISAv2 framework (https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FLIS%2FLISAv2&data=01%7C01%7Cjuhlee%40microsoft.com%7C9a54854a243946e49c0e08d6d7f8e325%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1&sdata=lggxTezw1qSITAmYsLcvZXx6w6%2BZiPZ1YwsWa9Y%2F4dk%3D&reserved=0).

Test case description:

* VERIFY-DPDK-COMPLIANCE - verifies kernel is supported and that the build is successful
* VERIFY-DPDK-BUILD-AND-TESTPMD-TEST - verifies using testpmd that packets can be sent from a VM to another VM
* VERIFY-DPDK-OVS - builds OVS with DPDK support and tests if the OVS DPDK ports can be created (only on Ubuntu)
* VERIFY-SRIOV-FAILSAFE-FOR-DPDK - disables/enables Accelerated Networking for the NICs under test and makes sure DPDK works in both scenarios
* VERIFY-DPDK-FAILSAFE-DURING-TRAFFIC - disables/enables Accelerated Networking for the NICs while generating traffic using testpmd
* PERF-DPDK-FWD-PPS-DS15 - verifies DPDK forwarding performance using testpmd on 2, 4, 8 cores, rx and io mode on size Standard_DS15_v2
* PERF-DPDK-SINGLE-CORE-PPS-DS4 - verifies DPDK performance using testpmd on 1 core, rx and io mode on size Standard_DS4_v2
* PERF-DPDK-SINGLE-CORE-PPS-DS15 - verifies DPDK performance using testpmd on 1 core, rx and io mode on size Standard_DS15_v2
* PERF-DPDK-MULTICORE-PPS-DS15 - verifies DPDK performance using testpmd on 2, 4, 8 cores, rx and io mode on size Standard_DS15_v2
* PERF-DPDK-MULTICORE-PPS-F32 - verifies DPDK performance using testpmd on 2, 4, 8, 16 cores, rx and io mode on size Standard_F32s_v2
* DPDK-RING-LATENCY - verifies DPDK CPU latency using https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fshemminger%2Fdpdk-ring-ping.git&data=01%7C01%7Cjuhlee%40microsoft.com%7C9a54854a243946e49c0e08d6d7f8e325%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1&sdata=a2KnjAa8yTkunXYZ8I8J3JbXnFKvyDqXgKtxGNEzUu4%3D&reserved=0

DPDK job exited with status: UNSTABLE - https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flinuxpipeline.westus2.cloudapp.azure.com%2Fjob%2Fpipeline-dpdk-validation%2Fjob%2Fmaster%2F28%2F&data=01%7C01%7Cjuhlee%40microsoft.com%7C9a54854a243946e49c0e08d6d7f8e325%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1&sdata=kQB1zE5kar25f46kRzV9ruzuvHR2WHZwLAmA%2BAaoA%2FA%3D&reserved=0.

Test results for Azure image: 'Canonical UbuntuServer 16.04-LTS latest':

* VERIFY-DPDK-BUILD-AND-TESTPMD-TEST: PASSED
* VERIFY-SRIOV-FAILSAFE-FOR-DPDK: PASSED
* PERF-DPDK-SINGLE-CORE-PPS-DS15: PASSED
* PERF-DPDK-MULTICORE-PPS-DS15: FAILED
* PERF-DPDK-MULTICORE-PPS-F32: PASSED
* VERIFY-DPDK-COMPLIANCE: PASSED
* VERIFY-DPDK-RING-LATENCY: PASSED
* VERIFY-DPDK-OVS: ABORTED
* VERIFY-DPDK-FAILSAFE-DURING-TRAFFIC: PASSED
* PERF-DPDK-FWD-PPS-DS15: PASSED
* PERF-DPDK-SINGLE-CORE-PPS-DS4: FAILED

Test results for Azure image: 'Canonical UbuntuServer 18.04-DAILY-LTS latest':

* VERIFY-DPDK-BUILD-AND-TESTPMD-TEST: PASSED
* VERIFY-SRIOV-FAILSAFE-FOR-DPDK: PASSED
* PERF-DPDK-SINGLE-CORE-PPS-DS15: PASSED
* PERF-DPDK-MULTICORE-PPS-DS15: PASSED
* PERF-DPDK-MULTICORE-PPS-F32: PASSED
* VERIFY-DPDK-COMPLIANCE: PASSED
* VERIFY-DPDK-RING-LATENCY: PASSED
* VERIFY-DPDK-OVS: ABORTED
* VERIFY-DPDK-FAILSAFE-DURING-TRAFFIC: PASSED
* PERF-DPDK-FWD-PPS-DS15: PASSED
* PERF-DPDK-SINGLE-CORE-PPS-DS4: PASSED

Test results for Azure image: 'RedHat RHEL 7-RAW latest':

* VERIFY-DPDK-BUILD-AND-TESTPMD-TEST: FAILED
* VERIFY-SRIOV-FAILSAFE-FOR-DPDK: FAILED
* PERF-DPDK-SINGLE-CORE-PPS-DS15: FAILED
* PERF-DPDK-MULTICORE-PPS-DS15: PASSED
* PERF-DPDK-MULTICORE-PPS-F32: PASSED
* VERIFY-DPDK-COMPLIANCE: PASSED
* VERIFY-DPDK-RING-LATENCY: PASSED
* VERIFY-DPDK-OVS: FAILED
* VERIFY-DPDK-FAILSAFE-DURING-TRAFFIC: PASSED
* PERF-DPDK-FWD-PPS-DS15: PASSED
* PERF-DPDK-SINGLE-CORE-PPS-DS4: FAILED

Test results for Azure image: 'RedHat RHEL 7.5 latest':

* VERIFY-DPDK-BUILD-AND-TESTPMD-TEST: PASSED
* VERIFY-SRIOV-FAILSAFE-FOR-DPDK: PASSED
* PERF-DPDK-SINGLE-CORE-PPS-DS15: PASSED
* PERF-DPDK-MULTICORE-PPS-DS15: PASSED
* PERF-DPDK-MULTICORE-PPS-F32: PASSED
* VERIFY-DPDK-COMPLIANCE: PASSED
* VERIFY-DPDK-RING-LATENCY: PASSED
* VERIFY-DPDK-OVS: PASSED
* VERIFY-DPDK-FAILSAFE-DURING-TRAFFIC: PASSED
* PERF-DPDK-FWD-PPS-DS15: PASSED
* PERF-DPDK-SINGLE-CORE-PPS-DS4: PASSED

Test results for Azure image: 'Openlogic CentOS 7.5 latest':

* VERIFY-DPDK-BUILD-AND-TESTPMD-TEST: FAILED
* VERIFY-SRIOV-FAILSAFE-FOR-DPDK: PASSED
* PERF-DPDK-SINGLE-CORE-PPS-DS15: PASSED
* PERF-DPDK-MULTICORE-PPS-DS15: FAILED
* PERF-DPDK-MULTICORE-PPS-F32: FAILED
* VERIFY-DPDK-COMPLIANCE: PASSED
* VERIFY-DPDK-RING-LATENCY: PASSED
* VERIFY-DPDK-OVS: FAILED
* VERIFY-DPDK-FAILSAFE-DURING-TRAFFIC: FAILED
* PERF-DPDK-FWD-PPS-DS15: PASSED
* PERF-DPDK-SINGLE-CORE-PPS-DS4: PASSED

Test results for Azure image: 'SUSE SLES 15 latest':

* VERIFY-DPDK-BUILD-AND-TESTPMD-TEST: PASSED
* VERIFY-SRIOV-FAILSAFE-FOR-DPDK: PASSED
* PERF-DPDK-SINGLE-CORE-PPS-DS15: PASSED
* PERF-DPDK-MULTICORE-PPS-DS15: PASSED
* PERF-DPDK-MULTICORE-PPS-F32: PASSED
* VERIFY-DPDK-COMPLIANCE: PASSED
* VERIFY-DPDK-RING-LATENCY: PASSED
* VERIFY-DPDK-OVS: PASSED
* VERIFY-DPDK-FAILSAFE-DURING-TRAFFIC: PASSED
* PERF-DPDK-FWD-PPS-DS15: PASSED
* PERF-DPDK-SINGLE-CORE-PPS-DS4: PASSED

Thank you,
Jenkins DPDK

-----Original Message-----
From: announce <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Thomas Monjalon
Sent: Thursday, May 9, 2019 4:35 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [dpdk-announce] release candidate 19.05-rc4

A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:

	https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgit.dpdk.org%2Fdpdk%2Ftag%2F%3Fid%3Dv19.05-rc4&data=01%7C01%7CJuhlee%40microsoft.com%7C8ccb956a220e4e39f82008d6d4d70157%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1&sdata=LIRrm4x5kUUWz2Zku3ywK1AaVI2ivqJU4bvB8LfaZKs%3D&reserved=0

The release notes:

	https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoc.dpdk.org%2Fguides%2Frel_notes%2Frelease_19_05.html&data=01%7C01%7CJuhlee%40microsoft.com%7C8ccb956a220e4e39f82008d6d4d70157%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1&sdata=jdBPSV5pxpUKBj3UUZgi8DnWwDmnJq%2FLA1%2BmStSsV4A%3D&reserved=0

41 patches (docs and fixes) were integrated. This is the last release candidate for DPDK 19.05.

You may share some release validation results by replying to this message (at [email protected]). If no objection, the version 19.05.0 will be out on May 13.

The deprecation notices for 19.08 may still be reviewed during the last days of this release cycle.

If you are preparing the next release cycle, please send your v1 patches before the 19.08 proposal deadline, which will happen on June 3. It is also time to build an estimated roadmap for the next cycles.

PS: The CfP for Europe conference of September is closing at the end of May

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