release candidate 24.03-rc1

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 2/22/2024 7:35 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
> 	https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v24.03-rc1
> 
> There are 521 new patches in this snapshot.
> 
> Release notes:
> 	https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_24_03.html
> 
> Highlights of 24.03-rc1:
> 	- argument parsing library
> 	- dynamic logging standardized
> 	- HiSilicon UACCE bus
> 	- Tx queue query
> 	- flow matching with random and field comparison
> 	- flow action NAT64
> 	- more cleanups to prepare MSVC build
> 
> Please test and report issues on bugs.dpdk.org.
> 
> DPDK 24.03-rc2 will be out as soon as possible.
> Priority is on features announced in the roadmap:
> 	https://core.dpdk.org/roadmap/
> 
> Thank you everyone
> 
> 


AMD v24.03-rc1 test report (on behalf of the test team).

Summary:
Build + limited unit test coverage, no defect or regression found.


Systems tested:
- AMD EPYC Milan: AMD EPYC 7543 32-Core Processor
	- BIOS 7.00.30.00
- AMD EPYC Siena: AMD EPYC 8534 64-Core Processor
	- BIOS 7.00.00.00
- Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS (Linux Kernel Version: 5.15.0-100-generic)
- Compiler version GCC 12.3 & 13.2

Configuration:
- NPS=2, SMT=enabled, Turbo Boost=enabled


Test cases:
* Build tests on above platforms
* Various crypto algorithms micro benchmarks (unit tests)
* Various core libraries micro benchmarks (unit tests)
  * efd, fib6, ring, graph