RE: release candidate 22.07-rc1

[Wael Abualrub <waela@nvidia.com>]

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Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2022 11:51 PM
> To: announce@dpdk.org
> Subject: release candidate 22.07-rc1
> 
> A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
> 	https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v22.07-rc1
> 
> There are 576 new patches in this snapshot, constituting what the reviewers
> and maintainers were able to handle.
> 
> Release notes:
> 	https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_22_07.html
> 
> Highlights of 22.07-rc1:
> 	- initial RISC-V support
> 	- sequence lock
> 	- protocol-based metering
> 	- Rx threshold event
> 	- SFP telemetry
> 	- async vhost improvements
> 	- vhost library statistics
> 	- vmxnet3 versions 5 & 6
> 	- ECDH crypto
> 	- DMA device telemetry
> 	- SWX pipeline improvements
> 	- integration as Meson subproject
> 
> Please test and report issues on bugs.dpdk.org.
> 
> DPDK 22.07-rc2 is expected in two weeks.
> 
> Thank you everyone
> 

The following is a list of tests that we ran on NVIDIA hardware this release:

- Basic functionality:
   Send and receive multiple types of traffic.
- testpmd xstats counter test.
- testpmd timestamp test.
- Changing/checking link status through testpmd.
- RTE flow tests:
  Items:
  - conntrack
  - ecpri
  - eth
  - flex
  - geneve
  - geneve_opt
  - gre
  - gre_key
  - gre_option
  - gtp
  - gtp_psc
  - icmp
  - icmp6
  - integrity
  - ipv4
  - ipv6
  - ipv6_frag_ext
  - mark
  - meta
  - mpls
  - nvgre
  - phy_port
  - port_id
  - tag
  - tcp
  - udp
  - vlan
  - vxlan
  - vxlan_gpe
  - esp

  Actions:
  - age
  - conntrack
  - count
  - dec_tcp_ack
  - dec_tcp_seq
  - dec_ttl
  - drop
  - flag
  - inc_tcp_ack
  - inc_tcp_seq
  - jump
  - mark
  - meter
  - modify_field
  - nvgre_decap
  - nvgre_encap
  - of_pop_vlan
  - of_push_vlan
  - of_set_vlan_pcp
  - of_set_vlan_vid
  - port_id
  - queue
  - raw_decap
  - raw_encap
  - represented_port
  - rss
  - sample
  - set_ipv4_dscp
  - set_ipv4_dst
  - set_ipv4_src
  - set_ipv6_dscp
  - set_ipv6_dst
  - set_ipv6_src
  - set_mac_dst
  - set_mac_src
  - set_meta
  - set_tag
  - set_tp_dst
  - set_tp_src
  - set_ttl
  - vxlan_decap
  - vxlan_encap
- Some RSS tests.
- VLAN filtering, stripping and insertion tests.
- Checksum and TSO tests.
- ptype tests.
- link_status_interrupt example application tests.
- l3fwd-power example application tests.
- Multi-process example applications tests.
- Hardware LRO tests.
- Regex application tests.
- Buffer Split tests.
- Tx scheduling tests.

PS: We are internally investigating a few test failures, and we'll send fixes if necessary.


Thanks,
Wael Abualrub

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From: "NBU-Contact-Thomas Monjalon (EXTERNAL)" <thomas@monjalon.net>
To: "announce@dpdk.org" <announce@dpdk.org>
Subject: release candidate 22.07-rc1
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2022 20:51:02 +0000
Message-ID: <2133922.NgBsaNRSFp@thomas>

A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
        https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v22.07-rc1

There are 576 new patches in this snapshot,
constituting what the reviewers and maintainers were able to handle.

Release notes:
        https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_22_07.html

Highlights of 22.07-rc1:
        - initial RISC-V support
        - sequence lock
        - protocol-based metering
        - Rx threshold event
        - SFP telemetry
        - async vhost improvements
        - vhost library statistics
        - vmxnet3 versions 5 & 6
        - ECDH crypto
        - DMA device telemetry
        - SWX pipeline improvements
        - integration as Meson subproject

Please test and report issues on bugs.dpdk.org.

DPDK 22.07-rc2 is expected in two weeks.

Thank you everyone