RE: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-announce] release candidate 21.11-rc2

["Jiang, YuX" <yux.jiang@intel.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev <dev-bounces@dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Thomas Monjalon
> Sent: Tuesday, November 9, 2021 8:45 AM
> To: announce@dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-announce] release candidate 21.11-rc2
>
> A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
>       https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v21.11-rc2
>
> There are 448 new patches in this snapshot.
>
> Release notes:
>       https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.html
>
> Highlights of 21.11-rc2:
>       - Toeplitz hash using Galois Fields New Instructions (GFNI)
>       - virtio RSS
>       - vhost power monitor wakeup
>       - Xilinx vDPA driver
>       - DMA drivers for HiSilicon and Marvell CNXK
>       - GPU device class library
>       - AddressSanitizer (ASan) integration for debug
>       - more API internals hidden (ip_frag, vDPA)
>
> Please test and report issues on bugs.dpdk.org.
> Some bugs found with ASan are tagged and can be found with this query:
>       https://bugs.dpdk.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=[asan]
>
> DPDK 21.11-rc3 is expected in one week or less.
>
> Thank you everyone
>
All,

Update the test status for Intel part. Till now dpdk21.11-rc2 test execution rate is 85%. No critical issue is found.
But has some about missing '_mm512_set_epi8' support build issues. Intel has already sent a fix:
Patch Link: https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20211109172456.147140-1-vladimir.medvedkin@intel.com/

# 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, Fedora34, RHEL8.4, etc.
                - All test done.
                - One bug about lib/librte_power.a.p build failed on OS Fedora35 with clang 13.0.0 is found.
                        - Has fix patch for litrte_power, verify patch but find new failure, report bugzilla for new failure about fslmc.
        *Compile: cover the CFLAGES(O0/O1/O2/O3) with popular OS such as Ubuntu20.04 and Fedora34.
                - All passed.
        * PF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
                - Execution rate is 90%. No new issue is found.
                - One 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.
        * VF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including VF-RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
                - Execution rate is 85%. No new issue is found.
                - Known issues: Intel dev is investigating.
                        b, ixgbe_vf_get_extra_queue_information/ test_enable_dcb: executing "port config 0 dcb vt on 4 pfc off" failed under testpmd: has fix patch, but verify failed.
        * PF/VF(ice): test scenarios including Switch features/Package Management/Flow Director/Advanced Tx/Advanced RSS/ACL/DCF/Share code update/Flexible Descriptor, etc.
                - Execution rate is 90%.
                - Two bugs about dcf_qos, cvl_qinq, Intel dev is under investigating.
                - One bug about stats_checks/xstats_check_vf: 'clear port xstats all' cannot clear xstats of port, has fix and verify passed.
                        - Fix patch link: https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20211109103303.3892176-1-radu.nicolau@intel.com/
        * 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 80%. 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.
                        - 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.
                        - Execution rate is 80%.
                        - One new bug about "cryptodev_qat_asym_autotest is resulting in segmentation fault" is found in 21.11rc2.
                *Performance test: test scenarios including Thoughput Performance /Cryptodev Latency, etc.
                        - Execution rate is 80%. No big performance drop.