DPDK release candidate 26.07-rc1

[Xu, HailinX]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2026 10:52 AM
> To: announce at dpdk.org
> Subject: DPDK release candidate 26.07-rc1
> 
> A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
> 	https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v26.07-rc1
> 
> There are 432 new patches in this snapshot.
> 
> Release notes:
> 	https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_26_07.html
> 
> Highlights of 26.07-rc1:
> 	- option --pagesz-mem for per-page-size maximum
> 	- option --no-auto-probing for no device at init
> 	- less mempool cache misses in run-to-completion
> 	- peek style API for staged-ordered ring
> 	- RISC-V vector paths
> 	- PTP helpers and clock relay example
> 	- selective Rx API to save PCI bandwidth
> 	- vhost memory hotplug
> 	- pcap driver enhanced
> 	- LinkData sxe2 NIC driver
> 	- AI review helpers
> 
> Important note:
> Pipelined applications, where ethdev Rx and Tx run on separate lcores, should
> adapt to the new algorithm by doubling their configured mempool cache size,
> to avoid doubling their mempool cache miss rate.
> 
> Please test and report issues on bugs.dpdk.org.
> 
> We plan to release -rc2 in 2 weeks.
> 
> Thank you everyone
> 
Update the test status for Intel part. dpdk26.07-rc1 all validation test done. found 6 new issues.

New issues:
  1. [dpdk-26.07-rc1] ice_dcf: core dump occurs when creating a switch rule on DCF            	-> Intel development is investigating
  2. [dpdk-26.07] ABI testing dpdk26.07rc1+dpdk25.11 shows error: "undefined symbol: rte_flow_dynf_metadata_offs, version EXPERIMENTAL"      -> has fix patch
      https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=38569
  3. [26.07]rss_to_rte_flow/test_set_key_keylen: create ingress failed                        		-> has fix patch
      https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/7f6f11fb07bc550784335123af6a270cd514f7d7.1781692817.git.anatoly.burakov@intel.com/
  4. [dpdk-26.07-rc1] ice_flow_priority:test_flow_priority_filter create flow failed          		-> Intel development is investigating
  5. [26.07-rc1] Ice ports status is incorrect in testpmd                                     			-> Intel development is investigating
  6. [dpdk-26.07][X550]meson_tests/driver: event_inline_ipsec_auto test case test failed      	-> has fix patch
      https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=38530

* Build & CFLAG compile: cover the build test with latest GCC/Clang version on the following OS(all passed)
  - Ubuntu25.10/Ubuntu26.04
  - RHEL9.6/RHEL10
  - Fedora43
  - FreeBSD15.0
  - SUSE16
  - OpenAnolis8.10
  - OpenEuler24.04-SP2
  - AzureLinux3.0

* Function tests: All test done and found 3 issues.
  - ICE-(E810, E825, E830, E2100) PF/VF: test scenarios including basic/RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/mac_filter/VLAN/VXLAN/RSS/Switch/Package Management/Flow Director/Advanced Tx/Advanced RSS/ACL/DCF/Flexible Descriptor, etc.
  - i40E-(XXV710, X722) PF/VF: test scenarios including basic/RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/mac_filter/VLAN/VXLAN/RSS, etc. 
  - IXGBE-(E610, X550) PF/VF: test scenarios including basic/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/mac_filter/VLAN/VXLAN/RSS, etc. 
  - IGC-(i226) PF: test scenarios including basic/RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/mac_filter/VLAN/VXLAN/RSS, etc.
  - IPsec: test scenarios including ipsec/ipsec-gw/ipsec library basic test - QAT&SW/FIB library, etc.
  - Virtio: both function and performance test are covered. Such as PVP/Virtio_loopback/virtio-user loopback/virtio-net VM2VM perf testing/VMAWARE ESXI 9.0, etc.
  - Cryptodev: test scenarios including Cryptodev API testing/CompressDev ISA-L/QAT/ZLIB PMD Testing/FIPS, etc.
  - DLB: test scenarios including DLB2.0 and DLB2.5
  - Other: test scenarios including AF_XDP, Power, CBDMA, DSA

* Performance test: All test done and passed
  - Thoughput Performance
  - Cryptodev Latency
  - PF/VF NIC single core
  - XXV710/E810/E825/E2100 NIC Performance


Regards,
Xu, Hailin