[dpdk-announce] release candidate 21.02-rc2

[Thomas Monjalon]

A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
	https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v21.02-rc2

There are 293 new patches in this snapshot,
more than expected for a light release cycle.

Release notes:
	https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.html

Highlights of 21.02-rc2:
	- new pmdinfogen with Windows support
	- power management for core polling single ethdev queue
	- Marvell OCTEON TX EP net PMD
	- Mellanox compress PMD
	- Virtio PMD rework

Please test and report issues on bugs.dpdk.org.

The -rc3 should include only some bug fixes, cleanups, doc and tooling.

Next Thursday (February 4) should be the day of closing 21.02-rc3.
The goal is to complete the release before the Chinese New Year
to allow a quiet rest during the Spring Festival.

Thank you everyone