[dpdk-dev] [dpdk-announce] release candidate 20.02-rc1

[dpdk-dev] [dpdk-announce] release candidate 20.02-rc1

[Thomas Monjalon]

A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
	https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v20.02-rc1

There are 374 new patches in this snapshot.
DPDK 20.02 will be tiny, as expected.

The release notes so far:
	http://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_20_02.html
Please think about updating the release notes when you add a feature.

Highlights of 20.02-rc1, grouped by category:
General:
	- FreeBSD 13 support
	- Linux kernel modules disabled in default build
	- API wait until equal
	- use CPU lcore with ID > total max
	- ring with configurable element size
	- pool of mbufs with pinned external buffers
Networking:
	- Pensando ionic driver
	- Marvell driver for OCTEON TX2 end point
	- rte_flow API for DSCP
	- rte_flow API for L2TPv3 over IP
Cryptography:
	- more algorithms: Chacha20-Poly1305, ECDSA, ECPM

We have more than three weeks to complete this release cycle.
DPDK 20.02-rc2 is expected on 3rd of February.

Thank you everyone