DPDK release candidate 26.03-rc3

[Xu, HailinX]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> Sent: 2026年3月26日 8:15
> To: announce at dpdk.org
> Subject: DPDK release candidate 26.03-rc3
> 
> A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
> 	https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v26.03-rc3
> 
> There are 65 new patches in this snapshot.
> 
> Release notes:
> 	https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_26_03.html
> 
> Please test and report issues on https://bugs.dpdk.org
> 
> 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.
> 
> More tooling and documentation could be added before closing 26.03.
> The final release will happen in a few days, at the end of the month.
> 
> Thank you everyone
> 
Update the test status for Intel part. dpdk26.03-rc3 all validation test done. no new issues found.

* Build & CFLAG compile: cover the build test with latest GCC/Clang version on the following OS(all passed)
  - Ubuntu25.10/Ubuntu24.04.3
  - RHEL9.6/RHEL10
  - Fedora43
  - FreeBSD15.0
  - SUSE16
  - OpenAnolis8.10
  - OpenEuler24.04-SP2
  - AzureLinux3.0

* Function tests: All test done.
  - 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.
  - IGB-(i350) 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.
  - Thoughput Performance
  - Cryptodev Latency


Regards,
Xu, Hailin