Re: release candidate 24.11-rc3

[Thinh Tran <thinhtr@linux.ibm.com>]

IBM - Power Systems
DPDK v24.11-rc3-1-gf4ccce58c1

* Build CI on Fedora 38,39,40 and 41 container images for ppc64le
* Basic PF on Mellanox: No issue found
* Performance: not tested.
* OS: RHEL 9.4  kernel: 5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4.ppc64le
         with gcc version 11.4.1 20231218 (Red Hat 11.4.1-3) (GCC)
       SLES15 SP5  kernel: 5.14.21-150500.55.49-default
         with gcc version 13.2.1 20230912 (SUSE Linux)

Systems tested:
  - LPARs on IBM Power10 CHRP IBM,9105-22A
     NICs:
     - Mellanox Mellanox Technologies MT2894 Family [ConnectX-6 Lx]
     - firmware version: 26.42.1000
     - MLNX_OFED_LINUX-24.07-0.6.1.5

Regards,
Thinh Tran


On 11/19/2024 8:12 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
> 	https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v24.11-rc3
> 
> There are 192 new patches in this snapshot.
> Hopefully almost everything expected should be in.
> 
> Release notes:
> 	https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_24_11.html
> 
> Highlights of 24.11-rc3:
> 	- Realtek r8169 net driver
> 	- ZTE gdtc raw driver
> 
> As usual, you can report any issue on https://bugs.dpdk.org
> 
> Only documentation and critical bug fixes should be accepted at this stage.
> 
> There are only 10 days remaining before the end of the month.
> DPDK 24.11-rc4 should be the last release candidate (in one week).
> 
> Thank you everyone
> 
>