RE: release candidate 24.11-rc3

["Xu, HailinX" <hailinx.xu@intel.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2024 10:13 AM
> To: announce@dpdk.org
> Subject: release candidate 24.11-rc3
> 
> 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
> 
Update the test status for Intel part. dpdk24.11-rc3 all test is done. found one new issue.

New issue:
1. [dpdk-24.11] Linkville mseon_tests/test_perf: pmd_perf_autotest Unsupported loopback mode    -> Fixed

# Basic Intel(R) NIC testing
* Build or compile:  
 *Build: cover the build test combination with latest GCC/Clang version and the popular OS revision such as Ubuntu24.10, Ubuntu24.04.1, Fedora40, RHEL8.10 RHEL9.4, FreeBSD14.1, SUSE15.6, OpenAnolis8.9, AzureLinux 3.0 etc.
  - Execution rate is done. No new issue is found.
 *Compile: cover the CFLAGES(O0/O1/O2/O3) with popular OS such as Ubuntu24.04.1 and RHEL9.4.
  - All test passed with latest dpdk.
* PF/VF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including PF/VF-RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc. 
	- All test case is done. found the 1 issue.
* PF/VF(ice): test scenarios including Switch features/Package Management/Flow Director/Advanced Tx/Advanced RSS/ACL/DCF/Flexible Descriptor, etc.
	- Execution rate is done. No new issue is found.
* CPF/APF(MEV): test scenarios including APF-HOST,CPF-HOST,CPF-ACC,cpfl_rte_flow/MTU/Jumboframe/checksum offload, etc.
	- Execution rate is 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.
	- Execution rate is done. No new issue is found.
* Power and IPsec: 
 * Power: test scenarios including bi-direction/Telemetry/Empty Poll Lib/Priority Base Frequency, etc. 
	- Execution rate is done. No new issue is found.
 * IPsec: test scenarios including ipsec/ipsec-gw/ipsec library basic test - QAT&SW/FIB library, etc.
	- Execution rate is done. No new issue is found. 
# 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 8.0U1, etc.
	- Execution rate is done. No new issue is found.
* Cryptodev: 
 *Function test: test scenarios including Cryptodev API testing/CompressDev ISA-L/QAT/ZLIB PMD Testing/FIPS, etc.
	- Execution rate is done. No new issue is found. 
 *Performance test: test scenarios including Throughput Performance /Cryptodev Latency, etc.
	- Execution rate is done. No performance drop.

Regards,
Xu, Hailin