release candidate 21.11-rc4

release candidate 21.11-rc4

[David Marchand]

Hi all,

A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
        https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v21.11-rc4

There are 46 new patches in this snapshot, for last critical fixes and
some documentation updates.

Release notes:
        https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.html

You may share some release validation results by replying to this
message at dev@dpdk.org.

DPDK 21.11 should be released at the end of this week.

Please think about sharing your roadmap now for the next release.

Thank you everyone.


-- 
David Marchand

RE: release candidate 21.11-rc4

[Stokes, Ian]

> Hi all,
> 
> A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
>         https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v21.11-rc4
> 
> There are 46 new patches in this snapshot, for last critical fixes and
> some documentation updates.
> 
> Release notes:
>         https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.html
> 
> You may share some release validation results by replying to this
> message at dev@dpdk.org.

Hi David,

Intel has completed the following validation with OVS and DPDK 21.11-rc4, no issues seen.

Ixgbe Performance Tests
phy2phy_tput
pvp_tput
pvp_cont
pvvp_tput
pvpv_cont

Ixgbe Functional Tests
RSS Multiqueue
Dynamic flow control
Static flow control
Jumbo frame support
Hotplug Support
OVS DPDK static & xstatics

I40e Performance Tests
phy2phy_tput
pvp_tput
pvp_cont
pvvp_tput
pvpv_cont

I40e Functional Tests
RSS Multiqueue
Dynamic flow control
Static flow control
Jumbo frame support
Hotplug Support
OVS DPDK static & xstatics
HWOL
SRIOV VF Support
OVS DPDK static & xstatics for SRIOV VF
Jumbo Frame Support for SRIOV VF

Ice Performance Tests
phy2phy_tput
pvp_tput
pvp_cont
pvvp_tput
pvpv_cont

Ice Functional tests
RSS Multiqueue
Dynamic flow control
Static flow control
Jumbo frame support
Hotplug Support
OVS DPDK static & xstatics
HWOL
SRIOV VF Support
OVS DPDK static & xstatics for SRIOV VF
Jumbo Frame Support for SRIOV VF

Vhost Functional Tests
Numa support
Reconnect
Multiqueue
Note: Performance tests for VHOST are included with above pvp performance tests.

AVX512 Functional Tests
OVS AVX512 Compilation
AVX512 DPCLS Unit Tests
AVX512 DPIF Unit Tests
AVX512 MFEX Unit Tests


Regards
Ian

> 
> DPDK 21.11 should be released at the end of this week.
> 
> Please think about sharing your roadmap now for the next release.
> 
> Thank you everyone.
> 
> 
> --
> David Marchand

Re: release candidate 21.11-rc4

[David Marchand]

Hi Ian,

On Thu, Nov 25, 2021 at 5:08 PM Stokes, Ian <ian.stokes@intel.com> wrote:
> Intel has completed the following validation with OVS and DPDK 21.11-rc4, no issues seen.
>
> Ixgbe Performance Tests
> phy2phy_tput
> pvp_tput
> pvp_cont
> pvvp_tput
> pvpv_cont
>
> Ixgbe Functional Tests
> RSS Multiqueue
> Dynamic flow control
> Static flow control
> Jumbo frame support
> Hotplug Support
> OVS DPDK static & xstatics
>
> I40e Performance Tests
> phy2phy_tput
> pvp_tput
> pvp_cont
> pvvp_tput
> pvpv_cont
>
> I40e Functional Tests
> RSS Multiqueue
> Dynamic flow control
> Static flow control
> Jumbo frame support
> Hotplug Support
> OVS DPDK static & xstatics
> HWOL
> SRIOV VF Support
> OVS DPDK static & xstatics for SRIOV VF
> Jumbo Frame Support for SRIOV VF
>
> Ice Performance Tests
> phy2phy_tput
> pvp_tput
> pvp_cont
> pvvp_tput
> pvpv_cont
>
> Ice Functional tests
> RSS Multiqueue
> Dynamic flow control
> Static flow control
> Jumbo frame support
> Hotplug Support
> OVS DPDK static & xstatics
> HWOL
> SRIOV VF Support
> OVS DPDK static & xstatics for SRIOV VF
> Jumbo Frame Support for SRIOV VF
>
> Vhost Functional Tests
> Numa support
> Reconnect
> Multiqueue
> Note: Performance tests for VHOST are included with above pvp performance tests.
>
> AVX512 Functional Tests
> OVS AVX512 Compilation
> AVX512 DPCLS Unit Tests
> AVX512 DPIF Unit Tests
> AVX512 MFEX Unit Tests

Thanks for sharing this report.


-- 
David Marchand

Re: [EXT] release candidate 21.11-rc4

[David Marchand]

On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 10:57 AM Apeksha Gupta <apeksha.gupta@nxp.com> wrote:
> > You may share some release validation results by replying to this
> > message at dev@dpdk.org.
> [Apeksha]
> Hi David,
>
> The testing with DPDK 21.11-rc4 from ENETFEC driver looks good. We don't see any issues with the following tests:
> - Basic functionality:
>   DPDK send and receive ipv4 traffic.
> - Stats check tests

Thanks Apeksha.


-- 
David Marchand

RE: release candidate 21.11-rc4

[Jiang, YuX]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2021 2:38 AM
> To: announce@dpdk.org
> Cc: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> Subject: release candidate 21.11-rc4
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
>         https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v21.11-rc4
> 
> There are 46 new patches in this snapshot, for last critical fixes and some
> documentation updates.
> 
> Release notes:
>         https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.html
> 
> You may share some release validation results by replying to this message at
> dev@dpdk.org.
> 
> DPDK 21.11 should be released at the end of this week.
> 
> Please think about sharing your roadmap now for the next release.
> 
> Thank you everyone.
> 
> 
> --
> David Marchand
Update the test status for Intel part. Till now dpdk21.11-rc4 validation test is almost finished. No critical issue and no new issue is found.
# Basic Intel(R) NIC testing
* Build or compile:  
	*Build: cover the build test combination with latest GCC/Clang/ICC version and the popular OS revision such as Ubuntu20.04, Fedora35, RHEL8.4, etc.
		- All test done.
		- Known bug: https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=881: dpdk-next-net-mrvl branch still need rebase the fix.
	*Compile: cover the CFLAGES(O0/O1/O2/O3) with popular OS such as Ubuntu20.04 and RHEL8.4. 
		- All passed.
	* PF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc. 
		- All test done. No new issue is found.
		- One known bug https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=864: pmd_stacked_bonded/test_mode_backup_rx:after setup stacked bonded ports,start top level bond port. 
			- still verify failed based on dpdk21.11-rc4.
	* VF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including VF-RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.		
		- All test done. No new issue is found.
		- Two known bugs. Intel dev is investigating them.
			[dpdk-21.11]vf_jumboframe/test_vf_jumbo_withjumbo: launch testpmd failed on driver ixgbe-5.13.4
			[dpdk-21.11]vf_vlan/add_pvid_vf: launch testpmd showing error log after vf vlan in kernel pf
	* PF/VF(ice): test scenarios including Switch features/Package Management/Flow Director/Advanced Tx/Advanced RSS/ACL/DCF/Share code update/Flexible Descriptor, etc.
		- All test done. No new issue is found.
	* Intel NIC single core/NIC performance: test scenarios including PF/VF single core performance test, RFC2544 Zero packet loss performance test, etc.
		- All test done. No big performance drop.
	* Power and IPsec: 
		* Power: test scenarios including bi-direction/Telemetry/Empty Poll Lib/Priority Base Frequency, etc. 
 			- All passed.          
 		* IPsec: test scenarios including ipsec/ipsec-gw/ipsec library basic test - QAT&SW/FIB library, etc.
			- Most have done, all passed. 
# Basic cryptodev and virtio testing
	* Virtio: both function and performance test are covered. Such as PVP/Virtio_loopback/virtio-user loopback/virtio-net VM2VM perf testing/VMAWARE ESXI 7.0u3, etc.
		- All test done. No new issue is found. 
		- Known issue:
			- One about VMware ESXI 7.0U3: failed to start port. Intel Dev is under investigating.
	* Cryptodev: 
		*Function test: test scenarios including Cryptodev API testing/CompressDev ISA-L/QAT/ZLIB PMD Testing/FIPS, etc.
			- All test done. No new issue is found.
		*Performance test: test scenarios including Thoughput Performance /Cryptodev Latency, etc.
			- All test done. No big performance drop.

Re: release candidate 21.11-rc4

[David Marchand]

On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 12:47 PM Jiang, YuX <yux.jiang@intel.com> wrote:
> > You may share some release validation results by replying to this message at
> > dev@dpdk.org.
>
> Update the test status for Intel part. Till now dpdk21.11-rc4 validation test is almost finished. No critical issue and no new issue is found.
> # Basic Intel(R) NIC testing
> * Build or compile:
>         *Build: cover the build test combination with latest GCC/Clang/ICC version and the popular OS revision such as Ubuntu20.04, Fedora35, RHEL8.4, etc.
>                 - All test done.
>                 - Known bug: https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=881: dpdk-next-net-mrvl branch still need rebase the fix.
>         *Compile: cover the CFLAGES(O0/O1/O2/O3) with popular OS such as Ubuntu20.04 and RHEL8.4.
>                 - All passed.
>         * PF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
>                 - All test done. No new issue is found.
>                 - One known bug https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=864: pmd_stacked_bonded/test_mode_backup_rx:after setup stacked bonded ports,start top level bond port.
>                         - still verify failed based on dpdk21.11-rc4.
>         * VF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including VF-RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
>                 - All test done. No new issue is found.
>                 - Two known bugs. Intel dev is investigating them.
>                         [dpdk-21.11]vf_jumboframe/test_vf_jumbo_withjumbo: launch testpmd failed on driver ixgbe-5.13.4
>                         [dpdk-21.11]vf_vlan/add_pvid_vf: launch testpmd showing error log after vf vlan in kernel pf
>         * PF/VF(ice): test scenarios including Switch features/Package Management/Flow Director/Advanced Tx/Advanced RSS/ACL/DCF/Share code update/Flexible Descriptor, etc.
>                 - All test done. No new issue is found.
>         * Intel NIC single core/NIC performance: test scenarios including PF/VF single core performance test, RFC2544 Zero packet loss performance test, etc.
>                 - All test done. No big performance drop.
>         * Power and IPsec:
>                 * Power: test scenarios including bi-direction/Telemetry/Empty Poll Lib/Priority Base Frequency, etc.
>                         - All passed.
>                 * IPsec: test scenarios including ipsec/ipsec-gw/ipsec library basic test - QAT&SW/FIB library, etc.
>                         - Most have done, all passed.
> # Basic cryptodev and virtio testing
>         * Virtio: both function and performance test are covered. Such as PVP/Virtio_loopback/virtio-user loopback/virtio-net VM2VM perf testing/VMAWARE ESXI 7.0u3, etc.
>                 - All test done. No new issue is found.
>                 - Known issue:
>                         - One about VMware ESXI 7.0U3: failed to start port. Intel Dev is under investigating.
>         * Cryptodev:
>                 *Function test: test scenarios including Cryptodev API testing/CompressDev ISA-L/QAT/ZLIB PMD Testing/FIPS, etc.
>                         - All test done. No new issue is found.
>                 *Performance test: test scenarios including Thoughput Performance /Cryptodev Latency, etc.
>                         - All test done. No big performance drop.

Thanks for the report!


-- 
David Marchand