* [dpdk-dev] DPDK Release Status Meeting 5/11/2020
@ 2020-11-05 12:42 Ferruh Yigit
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Meeting minutes of 5 November 2020
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Agenda:
* Release Dates
* Highlights
* -rc2 status
* Subtrees
Participants:
* Arm
* Broadcom
* Debian/Microsoft
* Intel
* Marvell
* Nvidia
* NXP
* Red Hat
Release Dates
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* v20.11 dates
* -rc2 is released on Wednesday, 4 November 2020
* http://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/2353813.dmDHS9aCqr@thomas/
* -rc3 as quick fix is planned today, 5 November 2020
* -rc4 pushed to *Friday, 13 November 2020*
* Release: Wednesday, 25 November 2020
Highlights
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* In -rc2 an issues has been found in the testpmd and a quick -rc3 is planned
today with a hotfix.
This will shift the numbering of the release candidates, previous -rc3 will
now be -rc4, please do not confuse with this shift.
-rc2 status
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* There is preliminary test result since -rc2 was only yesterday,
* The testpmd issue (mentioned above) has been reported, which is blocking
some set of tests.
* The issue has been introduced in the commit:
https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/commit/?id=f6870a7ed6b3
* Reverting this commit enables testing until the issue is addressed with
a hotfix (and a possible quick new release candidate).
Subtrees
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* main
* mbuf changes merged into the -rc2
* some mbuf fields converted to dynamic field, for:
* userdata fields (udata64)
* sequence number field (seqn)
* timestamp field (timestamp)
* next step is to move mempool pointer to first cacheline
* The mbuf changes done late in this release cycle, future mbuf
related changes should be done as community wise effort
* There are issues in the language correction patchset
* Although people agree to get it, there is not enough people
doing the reviews.
* Needed more detailed review for them
* Discussed with Juraj about the status of Arm build option patchset
* https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=13572
* next-net
* Nothing yet in the next-net after -rc2
* Planning to get txgbe second set for next release candidate
* After some requested fixes to initial set done
* Will merge fixes after this point
* next-crypto
* All patches merged for -rc2
* enqueue & dequeue callbacks postponed to next release
* next-eventdev
* DLB patches merged for -rc2
* There were two drivers DLB/DLB2
* HW is different but how big the difference is, can two PMDs combined
into single PMD to reduce code clutter?
* Will follow up with the author
* There is no outstanding patches for now
* next-virtio
* Nothing major left in the backlog
* There will be fixes
* next-net-intel
* No update
* next-net-mlx
* More fixes in the backlog
* next-net-mrvl
* No more patch expected
* next-net-brcm
* A couple of features, no more feature
DPDK Release Status Meetings
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The DPDK Release Status Meeting is intended for DPDK Committers to discuss the
status of the master tree and sub-trees, and for project managers to track
progress or milestone dates.
The meeting occurs on every Thursdays at 8:30 UTC. on https://meet.jit.si/DPDK
If you wish to attend just send an email to
"John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>" for the invite.
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