release candidate 23.07-rc4

[Thinh Tran]

IBM - Power Systems
DPDK v23.07-rc4

* Build CI on Fedora 30,31,34,36,37 for ppc64le
* Basic PF on Mellanox: No issue found
* Performance: not tested.
* OS: RHEL 9.1  kernel: 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1.ppc64le
         with gcc version 11.3.1 20220421 (Red Hat 11.3.1-2) (GCC)
       RHEL 8.8  kernel: 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8.ppc64le
         with gcc version 8.5.0 20210514 (Red Hat 8.5.0-18) (GCC)
       RHEL 8.4  kernel: 4.18.0-305.72.1.el8_4.ppc64le
         with gcc version 8.4.1 20200928 (Red Hat 8.4.1-1) (GCC)

Systems tested:
  - LPARs on IBM Power10 CHRP IBM,9105-22A
     NICs:
     - Mellanox Mellanox Technologies MT2894 Family [ConnectX-6 Lx]
     - firmware version: 26.37.1014
     - MLNX_OFED_LINUX-23.04-0.5.3.6

  - LPARs on Power9 IBM,9009-42G
      NICs:
      - Mellanox Technologies MT28800 Family [ConnectX-5 Ex]
      - firmware-version: 16.35.2000
      - MLNX_OFED_LINUX-23.04-0.5.3.6

Regards,
Thinh Tran

On 7/20/2023 12:15 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
> 	https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v23.07-rc4
> 
> There are 37 new patches in this snapshot.
> 
> Release notes:
> 	https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_23_07.html
> 
> Except few policy updates and last minute release notes,
> everything ready and not risky should be there in DPDK 23.07-rc4.
> Do not forget to review the deprecation notices.
> 
> You may share some release validation results
> by replying to this message at dev at dpdk.org
> and by adding tested hardware in the release notes.
> 
> Please think about sharing your roadmap now for DPDK 23.11.
> 
> Thank you everyone
> 
>