[dpdk-dev] [dpdk-announce] release candidate 21.05-rc2

[Thinh Tran]

DPDK 21.05 RC2 on IBM Power result

* DPDK: v21.05-rc2-8-gbe81f77d8
* OS:   RHEL 8.3 kernel level: 4.18.0-240.el8.ppc64le
* GCC:  version 8.3.1 20191121 (Red Hat 8.3.1-5)
* Basic PF on Mellanox: No new issues or regressions were seen.
* Performance: not tested.

System tested:
- IBM Power9 Model 8335-101 CPU: 2.2 (pvr 004e 1202)
Tested NICs:
- Mellanox Technologies MT28800 Family [ConnectX-5 Ex]
- MLNX_OFED_LINUX-5.2-1.0.4.1
- Firmware level: 16.29.1017

Regards,
Thinh Tran

On 5/5/2021 6:03 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
> 	https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v21.05-rc2
> 
> There are 296 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_05.html
> 
> Please test and report issues on bugs.dpdk.org.
> 
> DPDK 21.05-rc3 is expected in one week.
> If there are exceptional issues to meet the schedule,
> especially in India, let's discuss how we can accomodate.
> 
> Thank you everyone, take care.
> 
>