[dpdk-dev] [dpdk-announce] release candidate 21.08-rc1

[Jiang, YuX]

All,
Update the test status for Intel part. Till now dpdk21.08-rc1 test is finished and no critical issue is found.
# Basic Intel(R) NIC testing
* Build or compile:
        *Build: cover the build test combination with latest GCC/Clang/ICC version and the popular OS revision such as Ubuntu20.04, Fedora34, etc.
                - All passed.
        *Compile: cover the CFLAGES(O0/O1/O2/O3) with popular OS such as Ubuntu20.04 and Fedora34.
                - All passed.
        * PF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
                - All tests are done.
                - One new issue about distributor: Core dumped occurs when execute distributor_autotest under dpdk-test is found on 32-bit Ubuntu20.04 build environment. Intel Dev. has provided patch to fix it.
                - One known bug https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=687: Dev has provided patch to fix it, the patch is waiting for merge.
        * VF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including VF-RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
                - All passed. No new issue is found.
        * PF/VF(ice): test scenarios including Switch features/Package Management/Flow Director/Advanced Tx/Advanced RSS/ACL/DCF/Share code update/Flexible Descriptor, etc.
                - All tests are done. More than 8 bugs about cvl_ipfragment_rte_flow/cvl_fdir/iavf_fdir/cvl_advanced_rss/CVL_Qos issues are found. Intel Dev. are working on them.
        * Intel NIC single core/NIC performance: test scenarios including PF/VF single core performance test, RFC2544 Zero packet loss performance test, etc.
                - All passed.
        * Power and IPsec:
                * Power: test scenarios including bi-direction/Telemetry/Empty Poll Lib/Priority Base Frequency, etc.
                        - All passed.
                * IPsec: test scenarios including ipsec/ipsec-gw/ipsec library basic test - QAT&SW/FIB library, etc.
                        - All passed.
# Basic cryptodev and virtio testing
        * Virtio: both function and performance test are covered. Such as PVP/Virtio_loopback/virtio-user loopback/virtio-net VM2VM perf testing/VMAWARE ESXI 7.0u2, etc.
                - All tests are done. No new issue is found except known issue.
        * Cryptodev:
                *Function test: test scenarios including Cryptodev API testing/CompressDev ISA-L/QAT/ZLIB PMD Testing/FIPS, etc.
                        - All tests are done. No new issue is found except known issue.
                *Performance test: test scenarios including Thoughput Performance /Cryptodev Latency, etc.
                        - All tests are done. No big perf drop.

Best regards,
Yu Jiang

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev <dev-bounces at dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Thomas Monjalon
> Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2021 6:05 PM
> To: announce at dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-announce] release candidate 21.08-rc1
>
> A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
>       https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v21.08-rc1
>
> There are 517 new patches in this snapshot.
> This release cycle is short and should be small.
>
> Release notes:
>       https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_21_08.html
>
> Highlights of 21.08-rc1:
>       - Linux auxiliary bus
>       - Aarch32 cross-compilation
>       - Arm CPPC power management
>       - Rx multi-queue monitoring for power management
>       - XZ compressed firmware read
>       - Marvell CNXK drivers for ethernet, crypto and baseband PHY
>
> Please test and report issues on bugs.dpdk.org.
>
> DPDK 21.08-rc2 is expected in less than two weeks.
>
> Thank you everyone
>