[dpdk-dev] release candidate 20.11-rc5

[Yu, PingX]

Thomas and all,
20.11-RC5 is finished from Intel part. Except known issues, no new critical issue blocked the release is found.

* Intel(R) Testing
# Basic Intel(R) NIC testing
 * PF(i40e):Passed.  One minor issue related to devbind tool is found. Patch is provided. Should be merged into 21.02.
 * PF(ixgbe):Passed 
 * PF(ice):Passed
 * VF(i40e):Passed
 * VF(ixgbe):Passed
 * VF(ice):Passed
 * Build or compile: Passed
 * Intel NIC single core/NIC performance: Passed
 * 20.11 new features: Passed. One minor issue related to DLB2.0. Working on it.
 
#Basic cryptodev and virtio testing
 * vhost/virtio basic loopback, PVP and performance test: Passed. 
 * cryptodev Function: Passed. 
 * cryptodev Performance: Passed.

Regards,
Yu Ping

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev <dev-bounces at dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Pei Zhang
> Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 10:56 PM
> To: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; david.marchand at redhat.com; ktraynor at redhat.com;
> maxime.coquelin at redhat.com; tredaelli at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-announce] release candidate 20.11-rc5
> 
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> The testing with dpdk 20.11-rc5 from Red Hat looks good. We tested below
> 16 scenarios and and all got PASS on RHEL8:
> 
> (1)Guest with device assignment(PF) throughput testing(1G hugepage size):
> PASS (2)Guest with device assignment(PF) throughput testing(2M hugepage
> size) : PASS (3)Guest with device assignment(VF) throughput testing: PASS
> (4)PVP (host dpdk testpmd as vswitch) 1Q: throughput testing: PASS (5)PVP
> vhost-user 2Q throughput testing: PASS (6)PVP vhost-user 1Q - cross numa
> node throughput testing: PASS (7)Guest with vhost-user 2 queues throughput
> testing: PASS (8)vhost-user reconnect with dpdk-client, qemu-server: qemu
> reconnect: PASS (9)PVP 1Q live migration testing: PASS (10)PVP 1Q cross
> numa node live migration testing: PASS (11)Guest with ovs+dpdk+vhost-user
> 1Q live migration testing: PASS (12)Guest with ovs+dpdk+vhost-user 1Q live
> migration testing (2M): PASS (13)Guest with ovs+dpdk+vhost-user 2Q live
> migration testing: PASS
> (14) Allocate memory from the NUMA node which Virtio device locates: PASS
> (15)Host PF + DPDK testing: PASS (16)Host VF + DPDK testing: PASS
> 
> Versions:
> 
> kernel 4.18
> qemu 5.1
> 
> dpdk: git://dpdk.org/dpdk
> # git log -1
> commit 61bd270c4adc7dff1f9c8af1f2c72618860d4395 (HEAD -> main, tag:
> v20.11-rc5, origin/releases, origin/main, origin/HEAD)
> Author: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> Date:   Sun Nov 22 22:53:47 2020 +0100
> 
>     version: 20.11-rc5
> 
>     Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net> # git branch
> * main
> 
> NICs: X540-AT2 NIC(ixgbe, 10G)
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Pei
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas Monjalon" <thomas at monjalon.net>
> To: announce at dpdk.org
> Sent: Monday, November 23, 2020 6:07:25 AM
> Subject: [dpdk-announce] release candidate 20.11-rc5
> 
> A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
> 	https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v20.11-rc5
> 
> There are 90 new patches in this snapshot.
> 
> Release notes:
> 	http://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.html
> Please update the section "Tested Platforms".
> 
> It should be the last release candidate for DPDK 20.11.
> After -rc5 there should be only doc updates.
> Please review pending patches related to the documentation:
> 	https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?q=doc
> 
> Please share some validation results
> by replying to this message (at dev at dpdk.org).
> If no critical issue, DPDK 20.11.0 will be closed in few days.
> 
> If you are preparing the next release cycle, please send your v1 patches before
> December 20, and share your roadmap to get high priority.
> Planning is especially important to avoid maintainers being flooded.
> 
> Thank you everyone
>