release candidate 25.03-rc2

[Thinh Tran]

IBM - Power Systems Testing
DPDK v25.03-rc2


* Build CI on Fedora 39,40 and 41 container images for ppc64le
* Basic PF on Mellanox: No issue found
* Performance: not tested.
* OS:- RHEL 9.4  kernel: 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4.ppc64le
         with gcc version  11.4.1 20231218 (Red Hat 11.4.1-3)
      - RHEL 9.2  kernel: 5.14.0-284.52.1.el9_2.ppc64le
         with gcc version 11.3.1 20221121 (Red Hat 11.3.1-4) (GCC)

      - SLES 15-SP5 ppc64le kernel: 5.14.21-150500.55.44-default
        with gcc version 12.3.0 (SUSE Linux)

Systems tested:
  - LPARs on IBM Power10 CHRP IBM,9105-22A
     NICs:
     -  Mellanox Technologies MT28800 Family [ConnectX-5 Ex]
     - firmware version: 16.35.4030
     - OFED 25.01-0.6.0

Regards,
Thinh Tran


On 3/6/2025 11:42 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
> 	https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v25.03-rc2
> 
> There are 251 new patches in this snapshot.
> 
> Release notes:
> 	https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_25_03.html
> 
> Most significant changes are in multiple drivers.
> 
> Please test and report new issues on https://bugs.dpdk.org
> 
> DPDK 25.03-rc3 is expected in one week.
> As it is a small release, we may try to close this cycle in advance.
> 
> Thank you everyone
> 
>