<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <style type="text/css" style="display:none;"> P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} </style> </head> <body dir="ltr"> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">Release status meeting minutes 2026-02-17</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">=========================================</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">Agenda:</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">- Release Dates</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">- Subtrees</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">- Roadmaps</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">- LTS</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">- Defects</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">- Opens</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">Participants:</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">- ARM</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">- Intel</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">- Marvell</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">- Nvidia</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">- Red Hat</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">- Stephen Hemminger</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">Release Dates</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">-------------</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">The following are the proposed working dates for 26.03:</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">| Date | Milestone | Description |</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">| --------------- | -------------- | ------------------------------ |</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">| 5 January 2026 | RFC/v1 patches | Proposal deadline |</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">| 9 February 2026 | 26.03-rc1 | API freeze |</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">| 2 March 2026 | 26.03-rc2 | PMD features freeze |</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">| 9 March 2026 | 26.03-rc3 | Builtin apps features freeze |</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">| 16 March 2026 | 26.03-rc4 | Documentation ready |</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">| 19 March 2026 | 26.03.0 | Release |</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">See https://core.dpdk.org/roadmap/</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">Subtrees</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">--------</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">- next-net</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof"> - 8 doc patches pending.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof"> - 46 patches in review/waiting.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">- next-net-intel</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof"> - Pulled to main.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof"> - 50+ patches in backlog.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">- next-net-mlx</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof"> - Tree pulled.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof"> - 7 patches in backlog.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">- next-broadcom</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof"> - Tree pulled.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">- next-net-mvl</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof"> - Merge in progress.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof"> - 26 more patches in backlog.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">- next-eventdev</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof"> - PR ready and pulled.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">- next-baseband</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof"> - No patches.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">- next-virtio</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof"> - Tree pulled.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof"> - 2 fixes in queue.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">- next-crypto</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof"> - Most patches merged.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof"> - Acks/reviews required.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof"> - Ready for RC1.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">- next-dts</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof"> - Some patches merged for main.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof"> - Some other patches under review.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">- main</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof"> - Merging for RC1.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof"> - Merged fixes for unit tests.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof"> - Looking at string overflow/truncation patchset.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof"> - Some improvements on checksum under review but there is an issue with MSVC.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof"> - Merging pcap-ng patches.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof"> - Will try release RC1 today.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof"> DPDK Summit CFP is open: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/dpdk-summit/program/cfp/</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">Other</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">-----</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof"> - None.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">LTS</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">---</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">See also: https://core.dpdk.org/roadmap/#stable</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">LTS versions ongoing/released:</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">- 24.11.4 - Released.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">- 23.11.6 - Released.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">- 22.11.11 - Released.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">Older releases:</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">- 20.11.10 - Will only be updated with CVE and critical fixes.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">- 19.11.14 - Will only be updated with CVE and critical fixes.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">- Distros</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof"> - Debian 13 contains DPDK v24.11</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof"> - Ubuntu 25.04 contains DPDK v24.11</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof"> - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS contains DPDK v23.11</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof"> - RHEL 9 contains DPDK 24.11</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">Defects</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">-------</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">- Bugzilla links, 'Bugs', added for hosted projects</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof"> - https://www.dpdk.org/hosted-projects/</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">DPDK Release Status Meetings</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">----------------------------</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">The DPDK Release Status Meeting is intended for DPDK Committers to discuss the</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">status of the master tree and sub-trees, and for project managers to track</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">progress or milestone dates.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">The meeting occurs on every Tuesday at 14:30 DST over Jitsi on https://meet.jit.si/DPDK</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">You don't need an invite to join the meeting but if you want a calendar reminder just</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span class="elementToProof">send an email to "John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>" for the invite.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> </body> </html>