release candidate 21.11-rc4

[David Marchand]

On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 12:47 PM Jiang, YuX <yux.jiang at intel.com> wrote:
> > You may share some release validation results by replying to this message at
> > dev at dpdk.org.
>
> Update the test status for Intel part. Till now dpdk21.11-rc4 validation test is almost finished. No critical issue and no new 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, Fedora35, RHEL8.4, etc.
>                 - All test done.
>                 - Known bug: https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=881: dpdk-next-net-mrvl branch still need rebase the fix.
>         *Compile: cover the CFLAGES(O0/O1/O2/O3) with popular OS such as Ubuntu20.04 and RHEL8.4.
>                 - All passed.
>         * PF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
>                 - All test done. No new issue is found.
>                 - One known bug https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=864: pmd_stacked_bonded/test_mode_backup_rx:after setup stacked bonded ports,start top level bond port.
>                         - still verify failed based on dpdk21.11-rc4.
>         * VF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including VF-RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
>                 - All test done. No new issue is found.
>                 - Two known bugs. Intel dev is investigating them.
>                         [dpdk-21.11]vf_jumboframe/test_vf_jumbo_withjumbo: launch testpmd failed on driver ixgbe-5.13.4
>                         [dpdk-21.11]vf_vlan/add_pvid_vf: launch testpmd showing error log after vf vlan in kernel pf
>         * 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 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 big performance drop.
>         * Power and IPsec:
>                 * Power: test scenarios including bi-direction/Telemetry/Empty Poll Lib/Priority Base Frequency, etc.
>                         - All passed.
>                 * IPsec: test scenarios including ipsec/ipsec-gw/ipsec library basic test - QAT&SW/FIB library, etc.
>                         - Most have 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 7.0u3, etc.
>                 - All test done. No new issue is found.
>                 - Known issue:
>                         - One about VMware ESXI 7.0U3: failed to start port. Intel Dev is under investigating.
>         * 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 Thoughput Performance /Cryptodev Latency, etc.
>                         - All test done. No big performance drop.

Thanks for the report!


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David Marchand