Microsoft DPDK 24.07 Release Roadmap

[Tyler Retzlaff]

Microsoft DPDK 24.07 Release Roadmap

1. Update drivers to use optional stdatomic macros

  Continuation of work started in 24.11 release.

  Use stdatomic API
  https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=31797

2. MSVC Enable working Application & Nvidia mlx5 Driver

  Bring MSVC built libraries and drivers significantly closer
  to parity with LLVM/Windows builds.

  The set of series when merged allow the following libs
  to be built: log, kvargs, telemetry, eal, ring, rcu, mempool,
  mbuf, net, meter, ethdev, pci, cmdline, metrics, hash, timer,
  bitratestats, cfgfile, cryptodev, gpudev, gro, gso, ip_frag,
  latencystats, pcapng, rib, reorder, security

  The set of series when merged allow the following drivers
  to be built: bus/{auxiliary,pci,vdev}, mempool/ring,
  {common,net,crypto}/mlx5

  Remove use of VLAs
  https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=31785

  Structure packing
  https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=31751

  Use C standard flexible array member
  https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=31404

  Remove RTE_MARKER
  https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=31681

  Use only SSE/AVX SIMD (no MMX)
  https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=31643

  Provide and use __rte_constant for MSVC
  https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=31578

  Provide crc32 inline functions for MSVC
  https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=31577

  Provide ffs{32,64} and movdiri for MSVC
  https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=31576

  Adapt prefetch functions for MSVC
  https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=31575

  Adapt {net/common}/mlx5 for MSVC
  <series not yet submitted>

3. Windows Build Static & Dynamic Linking

  Clean up and enable the first usable dll based DPDK.

  Build only static or dynamic DPDK
  https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=31744

  Build libraries with MSVC by default
  https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=31673

  Build drivers with MSVC by default
  <series not yet submitted>

  Initialize shared plugins on Windows/MSVC
  https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=31482

  Correctly import/export data variables for Windows/MSVC
  <series not yet submitted>

4. MSVC Bugs / Other Bugs

  Bugs and warnings fixes to keep the CI for Windows clean.

  Fix missing type in dtor expansion
  https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=31760

  Fix returning value from void return functions
  https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=31448

  Fix use rte macros instead of __attribute
  https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=31407

  Install sched.h header on Windows
  https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=31486

  Warning cast away atomic qualification
  https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=31759

  Warning unsigned / signed mismatch
  https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=31748

  Warning double truncation
  https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=31747