<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 class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Release status meeting minutes 2026-08-25</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> =========================================</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Agenda:</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - Release Dates</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - Subtrees</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - Roadmaps</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - LTS</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - Defects</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - Opens</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Participants:</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - Intel</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - Marvell</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - Nvidia</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - Red Hat</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - Stephen Hemminger</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Release Dates</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> -------------</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> The following are the proposed working dates for 26.11:</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> | Date | Milestone | Description |</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> |------------------|------------------|---------------------------------|</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> | 31 August 2026 | RFC/v1 patches | Proposal deadline |</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> | 02 October 2026 | 26.11-rc1 | API freeze |</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> | 23 October 2026 | 26.11-rc2 | PMD features freeze |</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> | 30 October 2026 | 26.11-rc3 | Builtin apps features freeze |</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> | 06 November 2026 | 26.11-rc4 | Documentation ready |</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> | 18 November 2026 | 26.11.0 | Release |</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> See https://core.dpdk.org/roadmap/</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Subtrees</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> --------</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - next-net</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - 92 patches pending.</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - 11 due for review.</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - next-net-intel</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - 34 merged, ready for main.</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - 17 patches in review/waiting.</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - next-net-mlx</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - No update.</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - next-broadcom</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - No update.</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - next-net-mvl</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - No update.</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - next-eventdev</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - No update.</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - next-baseband</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - Proposal for new API/symbol.</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - next-virtio</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - Some patches reviewed.</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - RFC to remove vhost async.</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - next-crypto</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - No major at the moment.</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - next-dts</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - No update.</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - main</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - Merging patches for deprecated symbols/API.</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Other</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> -----</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - None.</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> LTS</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> ---</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> See also: https://core.dpdk.org/roadmap/#stable</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> LTS versions ongoing/released:</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - 25.11.3 - Available.</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - 24.11.7 - Available.</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - 23.11.8 - In progress.</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Older releases:</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - 20.11.10 - Will only be updated with CVE and critical fixes.</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - 19.11.14 - Will only be updated with CVE and critical fixes.</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - Distros</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - Debian 13 contains DPDK v24.11</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - Ubuntu 25.04 contains DPDK v24.11</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS contains DPDK v23.11</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - RHEL 9 contains DPDK 24.11</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Defects</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> -------</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - Bugzilla links, 'Bugs', added for hosted projects</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - https://www.dpdk.org/hosted-projects/</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> DPDK Release Status Meetings</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> ----------------------------</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> The DPDK Release Status Meeting is intended for DPDK Committers to discuss the</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> status of the main tree and sub-trees, and for project managers to track</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> progress or milestone dates.</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> The meeting occurs on every Tuesday at 14:30 DST over Jitsi on https://meet.jit.si/DPDK</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> You don't need an invite to join the meeting but if you want a calendar reminder just</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> send an email to "John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>" for the invite.</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> </body> </html>