[dpdk-dev] [20.11 RC1]final test report from Intel side

[Yu, PingX]

All,
Update the final test report for Intel part.  We have finished all the test. See the detail in below.

# Basic Intel(R) NIC testing

  *   PF/VF(i40e,ixgbe and igb): 5 new issues are found related to testpmd freezes, create rule failed and so on. No critical one.
  *   PF/VF(ICE): 12 issues regarding to rule error, unexpected hash and rule don't take effect on  iavf_rss, rss_gtpu or dcf feature.
  *   Build or compile: 6 meson build issue are found and fixed now. Two CFLAGS compile issue on gcc8.3 or early revision.
  *   Intel NIC single core/NIC performance:  Performance drop on CVL 100G is kind of critical issue.
  *   Power: no new issue is found.
  *   IPsec: all test failed as failed to start ipsec-secgw.  Patch is provided https://patches.dpdk.org/patch/82329. Need merge in RC2.
  *   Other 20.11 new features:

  *   1 issue related to HQos: Redistribution of unused pipe BW to other pipes within the same subport error.
  *   2 issues related to CVL about ACL rule and Co-exist outer ipv4/ipv6 test fail when flush flow rules.

# Basic cryptodev and virtio testing

  *   Virtio: 2 issues about CDBMA are known issue. Ne new issue.
  *   Cryptodev: no issue for both function test and performance.

Regards,
Yu Ping

From: Yu, PingX
Sent: Friday, October 23, 2020 6:10 PM
To: dev at dpdk.org
Cc: O'Hare, Cathal <cathal.ohare at intel.com>; Zhang, Qi Z <qi.z.zhang at intel.com>; Zhang, Helin <helin.zhang at intel.com>; Chen, Zhaoyan <zhaoyan.chen at intel.com>; Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
Subject: [20.11 RC1]test status update for Intel side(10/23)

All,
Update the test status for Intel part.  Till now 60% is executed, except performance drop on CVL 100G, no critical issue is found.

# Basic Intel(R) NIC testing

  *   PF/VF(i40e,ixgbe and igb): 60% is tested. 5 meson build issue are found. Some are actually bugs and some need to change the test command based on latest DPDK code.
  *   PF/VF(ICE): 50% is tested. 6 issues are found regarding AVL rule, rss rule, dcf and so on.
  *   Build or compile: 100%. No issue is found.
  *   Intel NIC single core/NIC performance:  60% is tested. Performance drop on CVL 100G is kind of critical issue.
  *   Power and IPsec: Not start yet.
  *   Other 20.11 new features: 40% is tested. No critical issue till now.

# Basic cryptodev and virtio testing

  *   Virtio: 70% is tested. Except known issue, 2 issue about CDBMA are confirming. Maybe DPDK bug.
  *   Cryptodev: function test is 100%. No new issue is found. Performance is testing.

Regards,
Yu Ping