[dpdk-dev] [dpdk-announce] release candidate 21.05-rc3

[Jiang, YuX]

All,

Update the test status for Intel part. Till now dpdk21.05-rc3 test is almost finished and no critical issue blocked the test.

# 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, CentOS Stream 8, etc.
                        - All passed except "crypto_zuc build failed on Fedora34 with gcc 11". 3 patches have been provided to fix the gcc11 build issue and verified passed by validation team.
                *Compile: cover the CFLAGES(O0/O1/O2/O3) with popular OS such as Ubuntu20.04 and CentOS Stream 8.
                        - All passed.

        * PF(i40e, ixgbe and igb): test scenarios including RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
                - All tests are done, find 1 new bug about unit_tests_power_cpufreq: unit test failed, Intel dev is investigating.
                - 1 bug is reported based on rc1 in bugzilla. Patch has provided but need other patch supports, all of them will be fixed in next release.
                        > * https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=687

        * VF(i40e, ixgbe and igb): test scenarios including VF-RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
                - All tests are done. 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. No new issue is found except known issues.

        * Intel NIC single core/NIC performance: test scenarios including PF/VF single core performance test, RFC2544 Zero packet loss performance test, etc.
                - All passed. No new issue is found.

        * Power and IPsec:
                * Power: test scenarios including bi-direction/Telemetry/Empty Poll Lib/Priority Base Frequency and so on.
                        - All passed. No new issue is found.
                * IPsec: test scenarios including ipsec/ipsec-secgw
                        - All passed. No new issue is found.

# 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 issues which are found in rc2.
                - 1 bug is reported based on rc2 in bugzilla. Patch has been provided and verified passed by validation team.
                        > * https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=699

        * Cryptodev:
                *Function test: test scenarios including Cryptodev API testing/CompressDev ISA-L/QAT/ZLIB PMD Testing/FIPS, etc.
                        - All tests are done. No new bug 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: Jiang, YuX
>Sent: Friday, May 14, 2021 6:07 PM
>To: 'Thomas Monjalon' <thomas at monjalon.net>; dev (dev at dpdk.org)
><dev at dpdk.org>
>Cc: Devlin, Michelle <michelle.devlin at intel.com>; Mcnamara, John
><john.mcnamara at intel.com>; Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
>Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-announce] release candidate 21.05-rc3
>
>Update the test status for Intel part. Till now 70% is executed, 70% is
>debugged and no critical issue blocked the test.
>
># 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,
>CentOS Stream 8, etc.
>                       - All passed.
>               *Compile: cover the CFLAGES(O0/O1/O2/O3) with popular OS
>such as Ubuntu20.04 and CentOS Stream 8.
>                       - All passed.
>
>       * PF(i40e, ixgbe and igb): test scenarios including
>RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
>               - Execution rate: 100%, debug rate: 80%.
>               - Fixed RC2's critical bad commit id, issue DPDK PF+DPDK
>VF:launch testpmd failed by using VF, bugzilla688, bugzilla693.
>               - 1 bug is reported in bugzilla still investigating.
>                       > * https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=687
>
>       * VF(i40e, ixgbe and igb): test scenarios including VF-
>RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
>               - Execution rate: 100%, debug rate: 90%. 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.
>               - Execution rate: 80%, debug rate: 60%. No new issue is found.
>               - 2 bugs about rss_pppoe add rss cfg failed and
>ip_fragment_pf_rss hash issues are found in RC2 have been fixed in RC3.
>
>       * Intel NIC single core/NIC performance: test scenarios including
>PF/VF single core performance test, RFC2544 Zero packet loss performance
>test, etc.
>               - Execution rate: 60%, debug rate: 60%. No new issue is found.
>
>       * Power and IPsec:
>               * Power: test scenarios including bi-
>direction/Telemetry/Empty Poll Lib/Priority Base Frequency and so on.
>                       - Execution rate: 90%, debug rate: 90%. No new issue
>is found.
>               * IPsec: test scenarios including ipsec/ipsec-secgw, etc.
>                       - Under testing.
>
># 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
>which is found in RC2.
>               - 1 bug is reported in bugzilla still investigating.
>                       > * https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=699
>       * Cryptodev:
>               *Function test: test scenarios including Cryptodev API
>testing/CompressDev ISA-L/QAT/ZLIB PMD Testing/FIPS, etc.
>                       - Execution rate: 100%, debug rate: 80%. No new bug
>is found execpt known issue.
>               *Performance test: test scenarios including Thoughput
>Performance /Cryptodev Latency, etc.
>                       - Under testing.
>
>Best regards,
>Yu Jiang
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: dev <dev-bounces at dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Thomas Monjalon
>>Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2021 4:57 AM
>>To: announce at dpdk.org
>>Subject: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-announce] release candidate 21.05-rc3
>>
>>A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
>>      https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v21.05-rc3
>>
>>There are 114 new patches in this snapshot.
>>
>>Release notes:
>>      https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_21_05.html
>>
>>Please test and report issues on bugs.dpdk.org.
>>You may share some release validation results by replying to this
>>message at dev at dpdk.org.
>>
>>DPDK 21.05-rc4 will be out during next week for the final touch.
>>
>>Thank you everyone
>>