From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com (out2-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6608823A for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2018 02:20:22 +0200 (CEST) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.internal [10.202.2.41]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF9A421ADA; Sun, 15 Jul 2018 20:20:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Sun, 15 Jul 2018 20:20:21 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= content-transfer-encoding:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-me-sender :x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=mesmtp; bh=hcKOTD2gGOcYDkwlM3lfF7BieH O9oRO2Tq8Vw7rk9fo=; b=qSckAnOwJXEXT+DulIrVJ24pGcaPsDjD0RIZm/pQVl FJ0Ds9l/VYcPjz8VKU4xkBzsWKIPrv4rcvd3+JvMy5RX/zWk+IlD5T8Cv6AZHRon 3rBnc9HirZ2D5M+jyyFHkqNZVPQ1J2fr1sHAm6NNaz0P5WX5kGZdNTMwrsl0rdGY g= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm3; bh=hcKOTD 2gGOcYDkwlM3lfF7BieHO9oRO2Tq8Vw7rk9fo=; b=slZQkb9ewKubOwTHcLqMQn cPPBnmXDFDtOADR0BMD28YqlOR88oZ/nY/lV4dAwuukFVnneif/s6/K1Pk6VrMGM xFQPUT2Qhaica/FfWbDIzGJPU9o61+1MCxFxu8a4P2fC370bzRbQsC/6zfCZhaUm 3YBFL2baICimXK2uLPAJcxiIagod+JF/aIZrcVEpgeGrkRf3K3eHiPP54yTNJX1q EyxeU3PLVySZMGsBsmH3RFAVZrqhHTKi0SWSMf7n69NGP+Vzk2VrURKrlKPWsaIq dlJ+Z7V2X1ZO31R9eJjEhkborxG3xClN02rHHqT9UwZ5nuX6ZauccDylKWbSlY8g == X-ME-Proxy: X-ME-Sender: Received: from xps.localnet (unknown [31.154.190.114]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 2E3BEE4620 for ; Sun, 15 Jul 2018 20:20:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Monjalon To: announce@dpdk.org Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 02:20:13 +0200 Message-ID: <1630244.jrCKBT5nSM@xps> In-Reply-To: <2093261.MNVrdPATDI@xps> References: <2093261.MNVrdPATDI@xps> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: [dpdk-announce] release candidate 18.08-rc1 X-BeenThere: announce@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 00:20:22 -0000 There was a typo in the subject: it is the release candidate 18.08-rc1. Sorry, being distracted because of the soccer world cup won by France :-) > A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing: > https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v18.08-rc1 > > It is the first milestone of a short release after the huge 18.05. > The number of commits is small (570) and there is no specific feature > to highlight, except a big work on vhost/virtio (in-order, packed ring, etc), > a rework of softnic PMD, and some work on memory allocation. > > The release notes so far: > http://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.html > Please think about updating the release notes when you add a feature. > > Some features are expected in 18.08-rc2: > - tap support in secondary process > - 3DES support in AESNI_MB PMD > - new compress drivers > - noisy VNF forward mode in testpmd > > Some planned features are postponed to 18.11: > - new devargs syntax > - failure handler for PCIE hardware hotplug > - virtual device hotplug > - add MPLS to rte_flow encapsulation API > - add metadata matching in rte_flow API > - libedit integration > - clean-up of panic calls > > Please be aware that there are some API changes in 18.08: > http://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.html#api-changes > * and the old ethdev offload API has been removed > > 18.08-rc2 is expected during next week (around 25th of July). > The 18.08 release should happen in early days of August. > Hopefully we are not creating too much bugs in this short cycle. > When finding a new bug, please report it on bugzilla: > http://dpdk.org/tracker/ > > Thank you everyone