<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: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> Release status meeting minutes 2026-03-24</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> =========================================</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> Agenda:</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - Release Dates</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - Subtrees</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - Roadmaps</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - LTS</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - Defects</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - Opens</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> Participants:</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - ARM</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - Debian</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - Intel</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - Marvell</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - Nvidia</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - Red Hat</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - Stephen Hemminger</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> Release Dates</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> -------------</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> The following are the proposed working dates for 26.03:</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> | Date | Milestone | Description |</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> | --------------- | -------------- | ------------------------------ |</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> | 5 January 2026 | RFC/v1 patches | Proposal deadline |</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> | 9 February 2026 | 26.03-rc1 | API freeze |</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> | 17 March 2026 | 26.03-rc2 | PMD features freeze |</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> | 25 March 2026 | 26.03-rc3 | Builtin apps features freeze |</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> | 30 March 2026 | 26.03-rc4 | Documentation ready |</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> | 31 March 2026 | 26.03.0 | Release |</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> See https://core.dpdk.org/roadmap/</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> Subtrees</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> --------</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - next-net</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - 16 patches pending for merge.</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - 10 patches in review/waiting.</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - next-net-intel</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - ~40 patches.</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - 5-6 patches in backlog.</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - next-net-mlx</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - some patches merged and ready.</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - 2 other patches in the backlog.</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - next-broadcom</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - No update.</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - next-net-mvl</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - 10 patches ready for next-net.</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - next-eventdev</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - 2 patches ready for merge.</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - next-baseband</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - No changes.</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - next-virtio</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - No additional patches.</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - next-crypto</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - Some fixes applied and merged.</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - next-dts</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - Some fixed merged and ready.</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - main</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - Fixed merged for unit tests.</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - Readying RC3 for Wednesday 25 March.</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> Other</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> -----</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - None.</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> LTS</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> ---</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> See also: https://core.dpdk.org/roadmap/#stable</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> LTS versions ongoing/released:</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - 25.11.1 - In progress.</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - 24.11.5 - In progress.</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - 23.11.7 - In progress.</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> Older releases:</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - 20.11.10 - Will only be updated with CVE and critical fixes.</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - 19.11.14 - Will only be updated with CVE and critical fixes.</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - Distros</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - Debian 13 contains DPDK v24.11</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - Ubuntu 25.04 contains DPDK v24.11</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS contains DPDK v23.11</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - RHEL 9 contains DPDK 24.11</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> Defects</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> -------</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - Bugzilla links, 'Bugs', added for hosted projects</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> - https://www.dpdk.org/hosted-projects/</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> DPDK Release Status Meetings</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> ----------------------------</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> The DPDK Release Status Meeting is intended for DPDK Committers to discuss the</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> status of the master tree and sub-trees, and for project managers to track</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> progress or milestone dates.</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> The meeting occurs on every Tuesday at 14:30 DST over Jitsi on https://meet.jit.si/DPDK</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> You don't need an invite to join the meeting but if you want a calendar reminder just</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> send an email to "John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>" for the invite.</div> <div style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, 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>