DPDK release candidate 26.03-rc1

[Xu, HailinX]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2026 6:31 AM
> To: announce at dpdk.org
> Subject: DPDK release candidate 26.03-rc1
> 
> A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
> 	https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v26.03-rc1
> 
> There are 356 new patches in this snapshot.
> 
> Release notes:
> 	https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_26_03.html
> 
> Highlights of 26.03-rc1:
> 	- ACL custom memory allocation
> 	- cryptodev 256-bit NEA/NCA/NIA algorithms
> 	- OpenSSL AES-XTS and SHAKE algorithms
> 	- BPF atomic XCHG instruction
> 	- no more format overflow in libraries
> 	- no more variable shadowing
> 
> Please test and report issues on bugs.dpdk.org.
> 
> We plan to release -rc2 in 2 weeks.
> 
> Thank you everyone
> 
Update the test status for Intel part. dpdk26.03-rc1 all validation test done. found 3 new issues.

New issues:
  1. pmd_bonded_8023ad:test_command_line_option: failed to set bond port ready                                                                                        -> has fix patch
     Patch link: https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20260224121358.3102740-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com/
  2. eventdev_pipeline:test_check_load_balance_behavior_with_default_type: The number of captured packets is not as expected      -> has fix patch
    Patch link: https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20260226153636.3925387-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com/
  3. meson_tests/driver: event_inline_ipsec_autotest case test failed                                                                                                                     -> has fix patch
    Patch link: https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20260302160740.1292642-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com/

* Build & CFLAG compile: cover the build test with latest GCC/Clang version on the following OS(all passed)
  - Ubuntu25.10/Ubuntu24.04.3
  - RHEL9.6/RHEL10
  - Fedora43
  - FreeBSD15.0
  - SUSE16
  - OpenAnolis8.10
  - OpenEuler24.04-SP2
  - AzureLinux3.0

* Function tests: All test done and found 3 issues.
  - ICE-(E810, E825, E830, E2100) PF/VF: test scenarios including basic/RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/mac_filter/VLAN/VXLAN/RSS/Switch/Package Management/Flow Director/Advanced Tx/Advanced RSS/ACL/DCF/Flexible Descriptor, etc.
  - i40E-(XXV710, X722) PF/VF: test scenarios including basic/RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/mac_filter/VLAN/VXLAN/RSS, etc. 
  - IXGBE-(E610) PF/VF: test scenarios including basic/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/mac_filter/VLAN/VXLAN/RSS, etc. 
  - IGC-(i226) PF: test scenarios including basic/RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/mac_filter/VLAN/VXLAN/RSS, etc.
  - IGB-(i350) PF: test scenarios including basic/RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/mac_filter/VLAN/VXLAN/RSS, etc.
  - IPsec: test scenarios including ipsec/ipsec-gw/ipsec library basic test - QAT&SW/FIB library, etc.
  - Virtio: both function and performance test are covered. Such as PVP/Virtio_loopback/virtio-user loopback/virtio-net VM2VM perf testing/VMAWARE ESXI 9.0, etc.
  - Cryptodev: test scenarios including Cryptodev API testing/CompressDev ISA-L/QAT/ZLIB PMD Testing/FIPS, etc.
  - DLB: test scenarios including DLB2.0 and DLB2.5
  - Other: test scenarios including AF_XDP, Power, CBDMA, DSA

* Performance test: All test done and passed
  - Thoughput Performance
  - Cryptodev Latency


Regards,
Xu, Hailin