release candidate 24.11-rc1

[Xu, HailinX]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2024 5:47 AM
> To: announce at dpdk.org
> Subject: release candidate 24.11-rc1
> 
> A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
> 	https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v24.11-rc1
> 
> There are 630 new patches in this snapshot, including many API/ABI
> compatibility breakages.
> This release won't be ABI-compatible with previous ones.
> 
> Release notes:
> 	https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_24_11.html
> 
> Highlights of 24.11-rc1:
> 	- bit set and atomic bit manipulation
> 	- IPv6 address API
> 	- Ethernet link lanes
> 	- flow table index action
> 	- Cisco enic VF
> 	- Marvell CN20K
> 	- symmetric crypto SM4
> 	- asymmetric crypto EdDSA
> 	- event device pre-scheduling
> 	- event device independent enqueue
> 
> Please test and report issues on bugs.dpdk.org.
> 
> Few more new APIs may be added in -rc2.
> DPDK 24.11-rc2 is expected in more than two weeks (early November).
> 
> Thank you everyone
> 
Update the test status for Intel part. dpdk24.11-rc1 all test is done. found four new issues.

New issues:
1. [dpdk-24.11]ice_fdir/mac_ipv6_udp: match to an irregular message    -> Intel dev is under investigating
2. [DPDK-24.11.0-RC1] cryptodev_qat_asym_autotest is failing    -> Intel dev is under investigating
3. cpfl_vf_representor_rte_flow/split_queue_mac_ipv4_udp_vf_to_io: rule create failed    -> Intel dev is under investigating
4. [DPDK-24.11] E830 200G port can't up when starting testpmd    -> Intel dev is under investigating

# Basic Intel(R) NIC testing
* Build or compile:  
 *Build: cover the build test combination with latest GCC/Clang version and the popular OS revision such as Ubuntu24.10, Ubuntu24.04.1, Fedora40, RHEL8.10 RHEL9.4, FreeBSD14.1, SUSE15.6, OpenAnolis8.9, AzureLinux 3.0 etc.
  - All test passed.
 *Compile: cover the CFLAGES(O0/O1/O2/O3) with popular OS such as Ubuntu24.04.1 and RHEL9.4.
  - All test passed with latest dpdk.
* PF/VF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including PF/VF-RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc. 
	- All test case is done. No new issue is found.
* PF/VF(ice): test scenarios including Switch features/Package Management/Flow Director/Advanced Tx/Advanced RSS/ACL/DCF/Flexible Descriptor, etc.
	- Execution rate is done. found the 1 issue.
* CPF/APF(MEV): test scenarios including APF-HOST,CPF-HOST,CPF-ACC,cpfl_rte_flow/MTU/Jumboframe/checksum offload, etc.
	- Execution rate is done. found the 3 issue.
* 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 done. No new issue is found.
* Power and IPsec: 
 * Power: test scenarios including bi-direction/Telemetry/Empty Poll Lib/Priority Base Frequency, etc. 
	- Execution rate is done. No new issue is found.
 * IPsec: test scenarios including ipsec/ipsec-gw/ipsec library basic test - QAT&SW/FIB library, etc.
	- Execution rate is done. 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 8.0U1, etc.
	- Execution rate is done. No new issue is found.
* Cryptodev: 
 *Function test: test scenarios including Cryptodev API testing/CompressDev ISA-L/QAT/ZLIB PMD Testing/FIPS, etc.
	- Execution rate is done. found the 2 issue. 
 *Performance test: test scenarios including Throughput Performance /Cryptodev Latency, etc.
	- Execution rate is done. No performance drop.

Regards,
Xu, Hailin