release candidate 21.08-rc2

A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:

	https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v21.08-rc2

There are 287 new patches in this snapshot, most of them adding or fixing features in drivers.

Release notes:

	https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_21_08.html

Highlights of 21.08-rc2:
- Wangxun ngbe ethernet driver
- Marvell CNXK event Rx/Tx adapters
- NVIDIA mlx5 crypto driver supporting AES-XTS
- ISAL compress support on Arm

Please test and report issues on bugs.dpdk.org.

DPDK 21.08-rc3 is expected in one week.

Thank you everyone

Hi All,
Update the test status for Intel part. Till now dpdk21.08-rc2 test execution rate is 90%. No critical 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, Fedora34, etc.
- All tests are done. All passed.
*Compile: cover the CFLAGES(O0/O1/O2/O3) with popular OS such as Ubuntu20.04 and Fedora34.
- All tests are done. All passed.
* PF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
- All tests are done. No new issue is found.
- Fixed two issues in rc2: 1), distributor: Core dumped occurs when execute distributor_autotest & 2), https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=687
* VF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including VF-RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
- All tests are done. No new issue is found.
- One new issue about vm_hotplug(vf port can be found after executing "device_del dev1") is found in rc2, Intel dev is working on it.
* PF/VF(ice): test scenarios including Switch features/Package Management/Flow Director/Advanced Tx/Advanced RSS/ACL/DCF/Share code update/Flexible Descriptor, etc.
- Execution rate is 80%. More than 10 bugs about cvl_fdir/iavf_fdir/cvl_advanced_rss/CVL_Qos are fixed in rc2.
- One new issue about cvl_iavf_rss_configure is found. Others are known issues. Intel Dev. are working on them.
* Intel NIC single core/NIC performance: test scenarios including PF/VF single core performance test, RFC2544 Zero packet loss performance test, etc.
- Execution rate is 80%. No big performance drop currently.
* Power and IPsec:
* Power: test scenarios including bi-direction/Telemetry/Empty Poll Lib/Priority Base Frequency, etc.
- All tests are done. All passed.
* IPsec: test scenarios including ipsec/ipsec-gw/ipsec library basic test - QAT&SW/FIB library, etc.
- All tests are 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 7.0u2, etc.
- All tests are done. Two new issues are found except known issue.
1), Split ring pvp can't receive imix pkts when using vswitch app
2), virtio memory access out of bounds in virtio_check_scatter_on_all_rx_queues
* Cryptodev:
*Function test: test scenarios including Cryptodev API testing/CompressDev ISA-L/QAT/ZLIB PMD Testing/FIPS, etc.
- Execution rate is 90%,. No new issue is found except known issue.
*Performance test: test scenarios including Thoughput Performance /Cryptodev Latency, etc.
- Execution rate is 80%. No big performance drop currently.
Best regards,
Yu Jiang

Hi All,
Update the test status for Intel part. Till now dpdk21.08-rc2 test is finished. No critical 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, Fedora34, etc.
- All tests are done. All passed.
*Compile: cover the CFLAGES(O0/O1/O2/O3) with popular OS such as Ubuntu20.04 and Fedora34.
- All tests are done. All passed.
*PF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
- All tests are done. No new issue is found.
*VF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including VF-RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
- All tests are done. One new issue is found.
- One new issue about vm_hotplug(vf port can be found after executing "device_del dev1") is found in rc2, Intel dev has provied patch to fix. Patch link: https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/[email protected]/
*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 tests are done.
- Three new issues about cvl_iavf_rss_configure/CVL_Qos are found. Others are known issues. Intel Dev. are working on them.
*Intel NIC single core/NIC performance: test scenarios including PF/VF single core performance test, RFC2544 Zero packet loss performance test, etc.
- All tests are done. No big performance drop.
*Power and IPsec:
* Power: test scenarios including bi-direction/Telemetry/Empty Poll Lib/Priority Base Frequency, etc.
- All tests are done. All passed.
* IPsec: test scenarios including ipsec/ipsec-gw/ipsec library basic test - QAT&SW/FIB library, etc.
- All tests are 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 7.0u2, etc.
- All tests are done. Three new issues are found except known issue.
1),Split ring pvp can't receive imix pkts when using vswitch app
2),virtio memory access out of bounds in virtio_check_scatter_on_all_rx_queues
3),vswitch_sample_cbdma: forward 8k packet failed when relaunch dpdk-vhost
*Cryptodev:
*Function test: test scenarios including Cryptodev API testing/CompressDev ISA-L/QAT/ZLIB PMD Testing/FIPS, etc.
- All tests are done. No new issue is found except known issue.
*Performance test: test scenarios including Thoughput Performance /Cryptodev Latency, etc.
- All tests are done. No big performance drop.
Best regards,
Yu Jiang

Hi all,
IBM - DPDK on Power Systems

* Basic PF on Mellanox: No new issues or regressions were seen.
* Performance: not tested.

Systems tested:
- IBM Power9 PowerNV 9006-22P
OS: RHEL 8.3
GCC: version 8.3.1 20191121 (Red Hat 8.3.1-5) NICs:
- Mellanox Technologies MT28800 Family [ConnectX-5 Ex]
- firmware version: 16.29.1017
- MLNX_OFED_LINUX-5.2-1.0.4.1 (OFED-5.2-1.0.4)

- LPARs on IBM Power10 CHRP IBM,9105-42B
OS: RHEL 8.4
GCC: gcc version 8.4.1 20200928 (Red Hat 8.4.1-1) NICs:
- Mellanox Technologies MT28800 Family [ConnectX-5 Ex]
- firmware version: 16.30.1004
- MLNX_OFED_LINUX-5.3-1.0.0.2

Regards,
Thinh Tran