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

[Thinh Tran]

Hi-

IBM - DPDK on Power Systems

* Basic PF on Mellanox: No new issues or regressions were seen.
* Performance: not tested.

Systems tested:
  - IBM Power9 PowerNV 9006-22P
	OS: RHEL 8.3
	GCC:  version 8.3.1 20191121 (Red Hat 8.3.1-5)
	NICs:
  	- Mellanox Technologies MT28800 Family [ConnectX-5 Ex]
  	- firmware version: 16.29.1017
  	- MLNX_OFED_LINUX-5.2-1.0.4.1 (OFED-5.2-1.0.4)

  - LPARs on IBM Power10 CHRP IBM,9105-42B
	OS: RHEL 8.4
	GCC: gcc version 8.4.1 20200928 (Red Hat 8.4.1-1)
	NICs:
	- Mellanox Technologies MT28800 Family [ConnectX-5 Ex]
	- firmware version: 16.30.1004
	- MLNX_OFED_LINUX-5.3-1.0.0.2

Regards,
Thinh Tran


On 7/10/2021 5:05 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 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
> 
>