[dpdk-dev] [dpdk-announce] release candidate 21.05-rc1

[Thomas Monjalon]

A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
	https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v21.05-rc1

There are 879 new patches in this snapshot.

Release notes:
	https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_21_05.html

Highlights of 21.05-rc1, grouped by category:
* General
	- Alpine Linux support
	- mass renaming of lib directories
	- allow disabling some libraries
	- log names alignment and help command
	- phase-fair lock
	- Marvell CN10K SoC support
* Networking
	- predictable RSS
	- port representor syntax for sub-function and multi-host
	- packet integrity in flow rule matching
	- metering using flow actions
	- TCP connection tracking offload
	- Windows support of ice, pcap and vmxnet3 drivers

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

DPDK 21.05-rc2 is expected in two weeks.

Thank you everyone