[dpdk-dev] [dpdk-announce] release candidate 21.08-rc2

[Jiang, YuX]

Hi All,
Update the test status for Intel part. Till now dpdk21.08-rc2 test execution rate is 90%. 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 tests are done. All passed.
        *Compile: cover the CFLAGES(O0/O1/O2/O3) with popular OS such as Ubuntu20.04 and Fedora34.
                - All tests are done. All passed.
        * PF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
                - All tests are done. No new issue is found.
                - Fixed two issues in rc2: 1), distributor: Core dumped occurs when execute distributor_autotest & 2), https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=687
        * VF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including VF-RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
                - All tests are done. No new issue is found.
                - One new issue about vm_hotplug(vf port can be found after executing "device_del dev1") is found in rc2, Intel dev is working on it.
        * PF/VF(ice): test scenarios including Switch features/Package Management/Flow Director/Advanced Tx/Advanced RSS/ACL/DCF/Share code update/Flexible Descriptor, etc.
                - Execution rate is 80%. More than 10 bugs about cvl_fdir/iavf_fdir/cvl_advanced_rss/CVL_Qos are fixed in rc2.
                - One new issue about cvl_iavf_rss_configure is found. Others are known issues. 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.
                - Execution rate is 80%. No big performance drop currently.
        * Power and IPsec:
                * Power: test scenarios including bi-direction/Telemetry/Empty Poll Lib/Priority Base Frequency, etc.
                        - All tests are done. All passed.
                * IPsec: test scenarios including ipsec/ipsec-gw/ipsec library basic test - QAT&SW/FIB library, etc.
                        - All tests are done. 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. Two new issues are found except known issue.
                        1), Split ring pvp can't receive imix pkts when using vswitch app
                        2), virtio memory access out of bounds in virtio_check_scatter_on_all_rx_queues
        * Cryptodev:
                *Function test: test scenarios including Cryptodev API testing/CompressDev ISA-L/QAT/ZLIB PMD Testing/FIPS, etc.
                        - Execution rate is 90%,. No new issue is found except known issue.
                *Performance test: test scenarios including Thoughput Performance /Cryptodev Latency, etc.
                        - Execution rate is 80%. No big performance drop currently.
Best regards,
Yu Jiang

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev <dev-bounces at dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Thomas Monjalon
> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2021 9:38 PM
> To: announce at dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-announce] release candidate 21.08-rc2
>
> A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
>       https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v21.08-rc2
>
> There are 287 new patches in this snapshot, most of them adding or fixing
> features in drivers.
>
> Release notes:
>       https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_21_08.html
>
> Highlights of 21.08-rc2:
>       - Wangxun ngbe ethernet driver
>       - Marvell CNXK event Rx/Tx adapters
>       - NVIDIA mlx5 crypto driver supporting AES-XTS
>       - ISAL compress support on Arm
>
> Please test and report issues on bugs.dpdk.org.
>
> DPDK 21.08-rc3 is expected in one week.
>
> Thank you everyone
>