release candidate 23.03-rc4

A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:

	https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v23.03-rc4

There are 42 new patches in this snapshot.

Release notes:

	https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_23_03.html

This is the last release candidate.
Only documentation should be updated before the release.

Reviews of deprecation notices are required:
https://patches.dpdk.org/bundle/dmarchand/deprecation_notices

You may share some release validation results by replying to this message at [email protected] and by adding tested hardware in the release notes.

Please think about sharing your roadmap now for DPDK 23.07.

Thank you everyone

Update the test status for Intel part. Till now dpdk23.03-rc4 test execution rate is 90%, no new issue is found.
# Basic Intel(R) NIC testing
* Build or compile:
*Build: cover the build test combination with latest GCC/Clang version and the popular OS revision such as Ubuntu20.04.5, Ubuntu22.04.1, Fedora37, RHEL8.6/9.1 etc.
- All test passed.
*Compile: cover the CFLAGES(O0/O1/O2/O3) with popular OS such as Ubuntu22.04.1 and RHEL8.6.
- All test passed.
* Meson test & Asan test:
known issues:
- https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1024 [dpdk-22.07][meson test] driver-tests/link_bonding_mode4_autotest bond handshake failed
- Not fix yet.
- https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1107 [22.11-rc1][meson test] seqlock_autotest test failed.
- Special issue with gcc 4.8.5.
* PF/VF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including PF/VF-RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
- All test done. No new issue is found.
* PF/VF(ice): test scenarios including Switch features/Package Management/Flow Director/Advanced Tx/Advanced RSS/ACL/DCF/Flexible Descriptor, etc.
- Execution rate is 95%. No new issue is found.
* Intel NIC single core/NIC performance: test scenarios including PF/VF single core performance test, RFC2544 Zero packet loss performance test, etc.
- All test done. No new issue is found.
* Power and IPsec:
* Power: test scenarios including bi-direction/Telemetry/Empty Poll Lib/Priority Base Frequency, etc.
- All test done. No new issue is found.
* IPsec: test scenarios including ipsec/ipsec-gw/ipsec library basic test - QAT&SW/FIB library, etc.
- On going.
# 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 8.0, etc.
- All test done. No new issue is found.
* Cryptodev:
*Function test: test scenarios including Cryptodev API testing/CompressDev ISA-L/QAT/ZLIB PMD Testing/FIPS, etc.
- On going.
*Performance test: test scenarios including Throughput Performance /Cryptodev Latency, etc.
- On going.

Regards,
Xu, Hailin

Update the test status for Intel part. Till now dpdk23.03-rc4 all test done, no new issue is found.
# Basic Intel(R) NIC testing
* Build or compile:
*Build: cover the build test combination with latest GCC/Clang version and the popular OS revision such as Ubuntu20.04.5, Ubuntu22.04.1, Fedora37, RHEL8.6/9.1 etc.
- All test passed.
*Compile: cover the CFLAGES(O0/O1/O2/O3) with popular OS such as Ubuntu22.04.1 and RHEL8.6.
- All test passed.
* Meson test & Asan test:
known issues:
- https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1024 [dpdk-22.07][meson test] driver-tests/link_bonding_mode4_autotest bond handshake failed
- Not fix yet.
- https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1107 [22.11-rc1][meson test] seqlock_autotest test failed.
- Special issue with gcc 4.8.5.
* PF/VF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including PF/VF-RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
- All test done. No new issue is found.
* PF/VF(ice): test scenarios including Switch features/Package Management/Flow Director/Advanced Tx/Advanced RSS/ACL/DCF/Flexible Descriptor, etc.
- All test done. No new issue is found.
* Intel NIC single core/NIC performance: test scenarios including PF/VF single core performance test, RFC2544 Zero packet loss performance test, etc.
- All test done. No new issue is found.
* Power and IPsec:
* Power: test scenarios including bi-direction/Telemetry/Empty Poll Lib/Priority Base Frequency, etc.
- All test done. No new issue is found.
* IPsec: test scenarios including ipsec/ipsec-gw/ipsec library basic test - QAT&SW/FIB library, etc.
- All test done. No new issue is found.
# 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 8.0, etc.
- All test done. No new issue is found.
* Cryptodev:
*Function test: test scenarios including Cryptodev API testing/CompressDev ISA-L/QAT/ZLIB PMD Testing/FIPS, etc.
- All test done. No new issue is found.
*Performance test: test scenarios including Throughput Performance /Cryptodev Latency, etc.
- All test done. No new issue is found.

Regards,
Xu, Hailin

IBM - Power Systems
DPDK 22.11.0-rc4

* Basic PF on Mellanox: No issue found
* Performance: not tested.
* OS: RHEL 8.5 kernel: 4.18.0-348.el8.ppc64le

        with gcc version 8.5.0 20210514 (Red Hat 8.5.0-10)
      RHEL 9.0  kernel: 5.14.0-70.13.1.el9_0.ppc64le
        with gcc version 11.2.1 20220127 (Red Hat 11.2.1-9)

Systems tested:
- IBM Power9 PowerNV 9006-22P
NICs:
- Mellanox Technologies MT28800 Family [ConnectX-5 Ex]
- firmware version: 16.34.1002
- MLNX_OFED_LINUX-5.7-1.0.2.1 (OFED-5.7-1.0.2)

- LPARs on IBM Power10 CHRP IBM,9105-22A
NICs:
- Mellanox Technologies MT28800 Family [ConnectX-5 Ex]
- firmware version: 16.34.1002
- MLNX_OFED_LINUX-5.7-1.0.2.1 (OFED-5.7-1.0.2)

Regards,
Thinh Tran