DPDK release candidate 26.03-rc2

[Xu, HailinX]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> Sent: 2026年3月18日 1:16
> To: announce at dpdk.org
> Subject: DPDK release candidate 26.03-rc2
> 
> A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
> 	https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v26.03-rc2
> 
> There are 230 new patches in this snapshot.
> 
> Release notes:
> 	https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_26_03.html
> 
> There are many fixes and new drivers features.
> 
> Please test and report issues on bugs.dpdk.org.
> 
> Patches to improve tooling, examples and documentation are welcome.
> 
> We are very short in time, so -rc3 must be released on next Tuesday, March
> 24th. Then the release should be closed a week later.
> 
> Thank you everyone
> 
Update the test status for Intel part. dpdk26.03-rc2 all validation test done. found 8 new issues.

New issues:
  1. [26.03-rc2][E825][gnrd] ieee1588/ieee1588_enable: timestamp error                                           		-> Intel development is investigating
  2. [26.03-rc2] ice_load_ddp_scheduler_topology/perf_queuegroup_SP_queue_RR_SP_WFQ_loading_ddp_scheduler_topology: start testpmd failed      -> Intel development is investigating
  3. [26.03-rc2] meson_tests/driver: event_eth_rx_intr_adapter_autotestcase test failed                          		-> Intel development is investigating
  4. [26.03-rc2]large_vf:multi_vfs_256_queues: Fail to start port        						-> Intel development is investigating
  5. [26.03-rc2] ice_fdir_pppol2tpoudp new feature all issues            						-> Intel development is investigating
  6. [26.03-rc2] enable_dcb_pfc: Pausing frame cannot be sent when "set pfc_ctrl rx off tx on 0 0 65535 0 0 "    	-> Intel development is investigating
  7. [26.03-rc2] generic_flow_api/fdir_for_flexbytes: validaterule failed                                     		     	-> Intel development is investigating
  8. [26.03-rc2] ice_fdir/mac_ipv4_tun_mac_ipv4_sctp: create rule failed                                         			-> Intel development is investigating

* 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