October 8th, 2026 DTS Working Group Meeting Notes

[Dillon Ladd]

Attendees
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Dillon Ladd, UNH-IOL
Koushik Bhargav Nimoji, UNH-IOL
Andrew Bailey, UNH-IOL
Luca Vizzarro

General Discussions
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None

Patch Discussions
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Andrew put together a list of patches ranked by priority for review:

DTS Framework:
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1. Resolve API Imports:
https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=39153
Andrew has made adjustments from Luca’s feedback, pending review.
This patch first, it may cause conflicts with other patches. Luca to
message Andrew if so.
2. [RFC] dts: resolve trex driver binding issue
https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20260811185509.1650102-1-knimoji@iol.unh.edu/
Prioritize review, sizable change of DTS and it would be helpful for
Koushik to have feedback sooner opposed to later.

New Suites:
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3. [v3,3/3] dts: add verify coverage for cryptodev testing
https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=38682
Pending Review
4. [v2] dts: add pvp multi paths vhost performance testsuite
https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20260908144707.862960-1-knimoji@iol.unh.edu/
Pending Review
5. [v1] dts: add pvp multi paths virtio performance testsuite
https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20260903201155.817724-1-knimoji@iol.unh.edu/
Pending Review
6. [v3] dts: add ipgre test suite
Pending review

Test Suite Extensions:
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7. [v1] dts: refactor cryptodev throughput test suite
https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20260827172208.139769-1-abailey@iol.unh.edu/
Pending Review
8. [v1] dts: update configuration for performance test
https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20260805153658.345207-1-abailey@iol.unh.edu/
Pending review
9. [v1] dts: add PVVP case to virtio suite
https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20260811171235.519323-1-abailey@iol.unh.edu/
Pending Review
10. [v7] dts: refactor flow suite with generator pattern
https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20260811170433.517663-1-abailey@iol.unh.edu/
Pending Review

Bug fixes:
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11. [RFC] dts: restore unbinded ports to initial state
https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20260812194428.296334-1-knimoji@iol.unh.edu/
Pending Review
12. [v1] dts: remove crypto test type
https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20260806164505.642928-1-abailey@iol.unh.edu/
Pending Review
13. dts: update verbose output regex for VXLAN packets
https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=38925
Pending Review

26.11 DTS Roadmap
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* Finalized roadmap for 26.11 is out:
https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2026 September/345096.html
* We are done with all items on the 26.11 roadmap except the EventDev
test suite port from old-dts.
* Looking at possible work items for 2027
Eventdev functional testsuite
Koushik’s agentic DTS tool
Showcased to Luca
Luca noted that it could also be useful for updating/ensuring updated
documentation.

Any other business
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Next Meeting: October 22nd, 2026

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Dillon Ladd
Technical Manager, Open Source
UNH Interoperability Lab
21 Madbury Rd., Ste. 100, Durham, NH 03824
dladd at iol.unh.edu
https://www.iol.unh.edu