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release candidate 21.02-rc1

dpdk-dev Thomas Monjalon 4 participants 4 messages Jan 20, 2021 – Jan 29, 2021

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A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:

	https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v21.02-rc1

There are 544 new patches in this snapshot,
which is reasonnable for starting a new year.

Release notes:

	https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.html

Highlights of 21.02-rc1, grouped by category:
* Networking
- power management API
- generic modify action in flow API
- GENEVE TLV option in flow API
- Windows support of i40e and mlx5
* Cryptography
- callback API for enqueue/dequeue

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

DPDK 21.02-rc2 is expected at the end of this month and may include:
- Arm build rework
- pmdinfogen rework
- power management updates
- drivers updates

Let's be reactive and focus to allow a quiet Chinese New Year. Thank you everyone

#1 lore raw

All,
Update the test status for Intel part. Till now 60% is executed and no critical issue blocked the test. # Basic Intel(R) NIC testing
* PF/VF(i40e,ixgbe and igb): 60% is tested. 3 issues are found but not are big issue.
* PF/VF(ICE): 50% is tested. 7 issues are found regarding DCF switch_filter, RSS rule, rx_vlan created failed and so on.
* Build or compile: 100%. No issue is found.
* Intel NIC single core/NIC performance: 60% is tested. No big performance drop issue.
* Power and IPsec: Not start yet.
* Other 21.02 new features: 30% is tested. No new issue till now.

# Basic cryptodev and virtio testing
* Virtio: Done. No new issues except known issue.
* Cryptodev: function test is 100%. No new issue is found. Performance is testing.

Regards,
Yu, Ping

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-----Original Message-----
From: announce <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Thomas Monjalon
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2021 10:07 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [dpdk-announce] release candidate 21.02-rc1

A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:

	https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v21.02-rc1

There are 544 new patches in this snapshot, which is reasonnable for starting a new year.

Release notes:

	https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.html

Highlights of 21.02-rc1, grouped by category:
* Networking
- power management API
- generic modify action in flow API
- GENEVE TLV option in flow API
- Windows support of i40e and mlx5
* Cryptography
- callback API for enqueue/dequeue

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

DPDK 21.02-rc2 is expected at the end of this month and may include:
- Arm build rework
- pmdinfogen rework
- power management updates
- drivers updates

Let's be reactive and focus to allow a quiet Chinese New Year. Thank you everyone

#2 lore raw

All,
21.02 validation test from Intel part is almost finished and no critical issue is found.
# Basic Intel(R) NIC testing
* PF/VF(i40e,ixgbe and igb): 100%. 6 issues are found but no big issues.
* PF/VF(ICE): 100%. 11 issues are found regarding to AVL rule, rss rule, dcf, ice package and so on. Intel are working on these bugs and expect that we can fix them before RC3.
* Build or compile: 100%. No issue is found.
* Intel NIC single core/NIC performance: 100%. No big performance drop issue.
* Power, IPsec and other SNN/US part:
- IPsec: 100%, no issue is found;
- Power: 80% tested, no issue is found till now. Should no big risk.
*Other 21.02 new features: 100%. No new issue till now.

# Basic cryptodev and virtio testing
* Virtio: 100%. No new issue is found.
* Cryptodev:
- Function: 80%. Cryptodev QAT Ncpm_Symmetric &Multi-process-test is not tested-by. Working on it.
- Performance: 100%. No data drop.

Best Regards,
Jiang, Yu

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-----Original Message-----
From: dev <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Yu, PingX
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2021 6:37 PM
To: Thomas Monjalon <[email protected]>; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-announce] release candidate 21.02-rc1

All,
Update the test status for Intel part. Till now 60% is executed and no critical issue blocked the test.
# Basic Intel(R) NIC testing
* PF/VF(i40e,ixgbe and igb): 60% is tested. 3 issues are found but not are big
issue.
* PF/VF(ICE): 50% is tested. 7 issues are found regarding DCF switch_filter,
RSS rule, rx_vlan created failed and so on.
* Build or compile: 100%. No issue is found.
* Intel NIC single core/NIC performance: 60% is tested. No big performance
drop issue.
* Power and IPsec: Not start yet.
* Other 21.02 new features: 30% is tested. No new issue till now.

# Basic cryptodev and virtio testing
* Virtio: Done. No new issues except known issue.
* Cryptodev: function test is 100%. No new issue is found. Performance is
testing.

Regards,
Yu, Ping

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-----Original Message-----
From: announce <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Thomas Monjalon
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2021 10:07 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [dpdk-announce] release candidate 21.02-rc1

A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:

	https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v21.02-rc1

There are 544 new patches in this snapshot, which is reasonnable for starting a new year.

Release notes:

	https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.html

Highlights of 21.02-rc1, grouped by category:
* Networking
- power management API
- generic modify action in flow API
- GENEVE TLV option in flow API
- Windows support of i40e and mlx5
* Cryptography
- callback API for enqueue/dequeue

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

DPDK 21.02-rc2 is expected at the end of this month and may include:
- Arm build rework
- pmdinfogen rework
- power management updates
- drivers updates

Let's be reactive and focus to allow a quiet Chinese New Year. Thank you everyone

#3 lore raw
In reply to Thomas Monjalon

Hi
DPDK on IBM Power result

* DPDK: v21.02-rc1-58-g45eb6a1df
* Build with gcc 9.3.0-1: no issue found
* Basic PF on Mallanox: No new issues or regressions were seen.
* Performance: not tested yet.

System tested:
- IBM Power9 Model 8335-101 CPU: 2.3 (pvr 004e 1203)
Tested NICs:
- Mellanox Technologies MT28800 Family [ConnectX-5 Ex]
- MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.9-0.0.4.1
- Firmware level: 16.27.2008

Regards,
Thinh Tran
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Quoted 31 lines · Thomas Monjalon

A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:

	https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v21.02-rc1

There are 544 new patches in this snapshot,
which is reasonnable for starting a new year.

Release notes:

	https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.html

Highlights of 21.02-rc1, grouped by category:
* Networking
- power management API
- generic modify action in flow API
- GENEVE TLV option in flow API
- Windows support of i40e and mlx5
* Cryptography
- callback API for enqueue/dequeue

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

DPDK 21.02-rc2 is expected at the end of this month and may include:
- Arm build rework
- pmdinfogen rework
- power management updates
- drivers updates

Let's be reactive and focus to allow a quiet Chinese New Year. Thank you everyone