RE: DPDK release candidate 25.11-rc1

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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2025 10:46 PM
> To: announce@dpdk.org
> Subject: DPDK release candidate 25.11-rc1
> 
> A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
> 	https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v25.11-rc1
> 
> There are 634 new patches in this snapshot.
> 
> Release notes:
> 	https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_25_11.html
> 
> Highlights of 25.11-rc1:
> 	- EAL option to remap lcore IDs
> 	- inter-domain DMA
> 	- mbuf optimizations
> 	- mbuf tracking for debug
> 	- cryptodev PQC ML algorithms
> 	- ethdev link connector info
> 	- Huawei SPx hinic3 ethernet driver
> 	- Nebulamatrix nbl ethernet driver
> 	- NXP ENETC4 ethernet driver
> 	- Wangxun Amber-Lite txgbe ethernet driver
> 
> Please test and report issues on bugs.dpdk.org.
> 
> This -rc1 was supposed to be released 18 days ago, so we are late in the
> schedule, sorry about that.
> We should try to close -rc2 during the first week of November.
> It means we have less than 2 weeks remaining for adding new features in the
> drivers.
> Adding features in libraries after -rc1 would be an exception, but it is possible.
> 
> Thank you everyone
> 
Update the test status for Intel part. dpdk25.11-rc1 all validation test done. found 8 new issues.

New issues:
  1. vxlan/vxlan_ipv6_checksum_offload: get incorrect checksum value for the inner L4        -> has fix patch
  2. cpfl_vf_representor_rte_flow/port_representor_probe_scan: port attach failed              -> has fix patch
  3. [ice]kernelpf_iavf:test_iavf_dual_vlan_insert: received packet outer vlan is incorrect     -> has fix patch
  4. virtio_unit_cryptodev_func/test_cryptodev_virtio_autotest: test failed                             -> Intel dev is under investigating
  5. [Crypto][QAT intree]crypto_perf_cryptodev_perf: dpdk-test-crypto-perf is unable to get max_nb_queue_pairs regardless of crypto_scheduler argument     -> Intel dev is under investigating
  6. setting DCB on the i40e nic causes testpmd to core dump                                   -> Intel dev is under investigating
  7. the nic is still sending pause frames when the traffic stops                                  -> Intel dev is under investigating
  8. Bug 1795 - checksum_offload/do_not_insert_checksum_on_the_transmit_packet: core dumped occurred when send packets                                                   -> Intel dev is under investigating

* Build & CFLAG compile: cover the build test with latest GCC/Clang version on the following OS(all passed)
  - Ubuntu25.04/Ubuntu24.04.3
  - RHEL9.6/RHEL10
  - Fedora42
  - FreeBSD14.3
  - SUSE15.6
  - OpenAnolis8.10
  - OpenEuler24.04
  - AzureLinux3.0

* Function tests: All test done and found 8 issues.
  - ICE-(E810, E825, E830, E2100) PF/VF: test scenarios including basic/RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/mac_filter/VLAN/VXLAN/RSS/Switch/Package Management/Flow Director/Advanced Tx/Advanced RSS/ACL/DCF/Flexible Descriptor, etc.
  - i40E-(XXV710, X722) PF/VF: test scenarios including basic/RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/mac_filter/VLAN/VXLAN/RSS, etc. 
  - IXGBE-(E610) PF/VF: test scenarios including basic/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/mac_filter/VLAN/VXLAN/RSS, etc. 
  - IGC-(i226) PF: test scenarios including basic/RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/mac_filter/VLAN/VXLAN/RSS, etc.
  - IGB-(i350) PF: test scenarios including basic/RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/mac_filter/VLAN/VXLAN/RSS, etc.
  - IPsec: test scenarios including ipsec/ipsec-gw/ipsec library basic test - QAT&SW/FIB library, etc.
  - Virtio: both function and performance test are covered. Such as PVP/Virtio_loopback/virtio-user loopback/virtio-net VM2VM perf testing/VMAWARE ESXI 9.0, etc.
  - Cryptodev: test scenarios including Cryptodev API testing/CompressDev ISA-L/QAT/ZLIB PMD Testing/FIPS, etc.
  - DLB: test scenarios including DLB2.0 and DLB2.5
  - Other: test scenarios including AF_XDP, Power, CBDMA, DSA

* Performance test: All test done and passed
  - Thoughput Performance
  - Cryptodev Latency
  - PF/VF NIC single core
  - XXV710/E810/E2100 NIC Performance


Regards,
Xu, Hailin