From thomas at monjalon.net Tue Nov 6 04:08:42 2018 From: thomas at monjalon.net (Thomas Monjalon) Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2018 04:08:42 +0100 Subject: [dpdk-announce] release candidate 18.11-rc2 Message-ID: <2389128.qpEQNCPiSh@xps> A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing: https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v18.11-rc2 145 patches were integrated. This version should be more stable, as we are approaching the 18.11.0 release date, hopefully in two weeks. The release notes should be almost complete: http://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.html Some highlights of 18.11-rc2: - fixes for DMA memory check (32-bit is still failing) - improved C11 version of ring library - FIPS validation application In order to be fast and flexible, subsequent release candidates will happen when some significative patches are ready. Thank you everybody for composing a wonderful DPDK rhapsody! From thomas at monjalon.net Wed Nov 14 05:20:42 2018 From: thomas at monjalon.net (Thomas Monjalon) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 05:20:42 +0100 Subject: [dpdk-announce] release candidate 18.11-rc3 Message-ID: <1711158.3Am9HJToRf@xps> A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing: https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v18.11-rc3 86 patches were integrated. It is a snapshot in the middle of the bug fixing effort. We should get a fourth release candidate at the end of this week, and a fifth, mostly for last documentation updates, next week. The release notes (missing the tested hardware list): http://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.html Please hurry up to do the last checks and bug fixes this week, in order to have DPDK 18.11 out during next week. It is also time to think about updating the web site, and build an estimated roadmap for the next cycles. Thank you everybody From tim.odriscoll at intel.com Tue Nov 13 14:52:57 2018 From: tim.odriscoll at intel.com (O'Driscoll, Tim) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 13:52:57 +0000 Subject: [dpdk-announce] Agenda for DPDK Summit Message-ID: <26FA93C7ED1EAA44AB77D62FBE1D27BAB77B7682@IRSMSX108.ger.corp.intel.com> The agenda for the DPDK Summit on December 3rd and 4th in San Jose is now available at: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/dpdknorthamerica2018/dpdk-na-program/agenda/. Thanks to everybody who submitted proposals. The quality of the submissions was very high, and it was a difficult job to decide which ones should be accepted. For those of you staying on for the OVS conference afterwards, the agenda for that is available as well: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/open-vswitch-fall-conference-2018/program/schedule/. From thomas at monjalon.net Mon Nov 19 01:54:06 2018 From: thomas at monjalon.net (Thomas Monjalon) Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 01:54:06 +0100 Subject: [dpdk-announce] release candidate 18.11-rc4 Message-ID: <3311713.1lY4FQaBGK@xps> A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing: https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v18.11-rc4 68 patches were integrated. There will be a fifth release candidate on Thursday, for last minute fixes and some documentation updates. The release notes (missing the tested hardware list): http://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.html Please do the last checks and confirm all is fine by replying to this message (at dev at dpdk.org). It is also time to think about updating the web site, and build an estimated roadmap for the next cycles. Thank you everybody From jplsek at iol.unh.edu Tue Nov 20 16:46:45 2018 From: jplsek at iol.unh.edu (Jeremy Plsek) Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 10:46:45 -0500 Subject: [dpdk-announce] DPDK Community Lab Message-ID: The DPDK Community Lab performance delta results have become public. Read more about it here: https://www.dpdk.org/blog/2018/11/19/dpdk-community-lab-publishes-relative-performance-testing-results/ Meet the team and learn about the Lab, at DPDK Summit, December 3-4th in San Jose. https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/dpdknorthamerica2018/ Thanks! -- Jeremy Plsek UNH InterOperability Laboratory From thomas at monjalon.net Sun Nov 25 21:51:16 2018 From: thomas at monjalon.net (Thomas Monjalon) Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2018 21:51:16 +0100 Subject: [dpdk-announce] release candidate 18.11-rc5 Message-ID: <11265517.WV0v78dtAB@xps> A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing: https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v18.11-rc5 58 patches (docs and fixes) were integrated. This is the last release candidate for DPDK 18.11. If no objection, the version 18.11.0 will be out on Monday 26th. Please do the very last checks today and run some tests, especially with virtio or hotplug features which got some last minute changes. If you are preparing the next release cycle, please send your v1 patches before the (extended) 19.02 proposal deadline, this Thursday 29th: http://core.dpdk.org/roadmap/#dates Thank you everybody From thomas at monjalon.net Tue Nov 27 00:55:17 2018 From: thomas at monjalon.net (Thomas Monjalon) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 00:55:17 +0100 Subject: [dpdk-announce] DPDK 18.11 released Message-ID: <1727697.dln13cOto6@xps> As good news never come alone, the Camp Fire is contained, and a new major DPDK release is available: http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-18.11.tar.xz The branch 18.11 should be supported for at least two years, making it recommended for system integration and deployment. The maintainer of this LTS is Kevin Traynor. The version 18.11.0 is one of the biggest release ever, with a record breaking number of authors: 1418 patches from 187 authors 1314 files changed, 139697 insertions(+), 40992 deletions(-) Below are some new features, grouped by category. General: - ability to use externally allocated memory - new hotplug features, including multi-process and PCI failure handler - extendable table and lock-free r/w concurrency in hash library - traffic pattern aware power management - JSON interfaces for power policy example and new telemetry library Networking: - MAC swap, MPLS encapsulation and metadata matching in rte_flow API - new networking drivers for Aquantia Atlantic, Marvell Armada and NXP ENETC - postcopy live-migration in vhost-user - vDPA sample application - classification, metering and crypto in SoftNIC (using Packet Framework) Cryptography: - new crypto drivers for Cavium OCTEON TX and NXP CAAM JR - PDCP in security library Event mode: - eventdev Tx adapter - new event driver by Ericsson: DSW (distributed software eventdev PMD) Applications: - noisy VNF forward mode in testpmd - FIPS validation application More details in the release notes: http://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.html There are 73 new contributors (including authors, reviewers and testers). Thanks to Akash Saxena, Alan Winkowski, Alex Porosanu, Alexander V Gutkin, Anand Rawat, Andrzej Ostruszka, Ankur Dwivedi, Archana Muniganti, Ayuj Verma, Bei Sun, Brian Archbold, Brian Russell, Cody Doucette, David Wilder, Dekel Peled, Dharmik Thakkar, Dmitri Epshtein, Dong Wang, Dr. David Alan Gilbert, Emma Finn, Eric Zhang, Evgeny Im, Faicker Mo, Gagandeep Singh, Geoffrey Lv, Hari Kumar Vemula, Hongjun Ni, Huaibin Wang, Ian Dolzhansky, Igor Russkikh, Jia He, Joyce Kong, Junxiao Shi, Leah Tekoa, Liron Himi, Malvika Gupta, Martin Harvey, Matias Elo, Murthy NSSR, Nikolay Nikolaev, Nithin Dabilpuram, Paul Fox, Paul Luse, Paul M Stillwell Jr, Pavel Belous, Pradeep Satyanarayana, Ragothaman Jayaraman, Ryan E Hall, Sabyasachi Sengupta, Shlomi Gridish, Shuai Zhu, Stewart Allen, Subrahmanyam Nilla, Szymon Sliwa, Takeshi Yoshimura, Tejasree Kondoj, Tom Millington, Tomasz Cel, Tone Zhang, Viacheslav Ovsiienko, Vikas Aggarwal, Vivek Sharma, Xiaolong Ye, Xiaoyu Min, Yanjie Xu, Yelena Krivosheev, Yogev Chaimovich, Yongping Zhang, Youri Querry, Yuval Caduri, Zhirun Yan, Zorik Machulsky and Zyta Szpak. Below is the number of patches per company (with authors count): 522 Intel (61) 233 Mellanox (13) 125 Cavium (18) 95 NXP (8) 50 Solarflare (10) 35 AT&T (2) 32 OKTET Labs (4) 31 Semihalf (6) 31 Microsoft (2) 30 RedHat (5) 29 6WIND (7) 25 ARM (7) 22 Aquantia (2) 21 Netronome (1) 19 Cisco (4) 17 Chelsio (2) 13 Samsung (1) 13 Marvell (5) 13 Broadcom (5) 11 Ericsson (1) Based on Reviewed-by and Acked-by tags, the top reviewers are: 111 Ferruh Yigit 60 Maxime Coquelin 56 Bruce Richardson 55 Shahaf Shuler 49 Yongseok Koh 48 Jerin Jacob 48 Andrew Rybchenko 45 Akhil Goyal 44 Anatoly Burakov 40 Qi Zhang 30 Bernard Iremonger The new features for 19.02 may be submitted until this Thursday, in order to be reviewed and integrated during December. DPDK 19.02 should be released at the very beginning of February. Thanks everyone PS: Do not forget to register for the US Summit in San Jose, December 3-4 https://www.dpdk.org/event/dpdk-summit-north-america-2018/ From tdelanerolle at linuxfoundation.org Tue Nov 27 22:32:54 2018 From: tdelanerolle at linuxfoundation.org (Trishan de Lanerolle) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 16:32:54 -0500 Subject: [dpdk-announce] Reserve your seat for DPDK North America next week! Message-ID: Join us at DPDK North America Summit on Monday December 03rd, and Tuesday 04th, at Club Auto Sport, San Jose. Learn from DPDK community experts, who will be sharing information about the projects, use cases, capabilities, cross-community integrations, tools and many more exciting topics. This is a great opportunity for attendees to share thought leadership and innovations at one of DPDK's premier events. 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