release candidate 25.03-rc1

release candidate 25.03-rc1

[Thomas Monjalon]

A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
	https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v25.03-rc1

There are 478 new patches in this snapshot.

Release notes:
	https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_25_03.html

Highlights of 25.03-rc1:
	- Staged-Ordered ring (SORING)
	- mbuf raw bulk functions
	- some Intel drivers merged together
	- Yunsilicon xsc networking driver
	- ZTE Storage Data Accelerator (ZSDA) driver
	- Intel compiler icc support replaced by icx
	- more function annotations for analyzers
	- more MSVC compatibility

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

DPDK 25.03-rc2 is expected in more than two weeks (end of February).

Thank you everyone

RE: release candidate 25.03-rc1

[Xu, HailinX]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2025 12:50 AM
> To: announce@dpdk.org
> Subject: release candidate 25.03-rc1
> 
> A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
> 	https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v25.03-rc1
> 
> There are 478 new patches in this snapshot.
> 
> Release notes:
> 	https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_25_03.html
> 
> Highlights of 25.03-rc1:
> 	- Staged-Ordered ring (SORING)
> 	- mbuf raw bulk functions
> 	- some Intel drivers merged together
> 	- Yunsilicon xsc networking driver
> 	- ZTE Storage Data Accelerator (ZSDA) driver
> 	- Intel compiler icc support replaced by icx
> 	- more function annotations for analyzers
> 	- more MSVC compatibility
> 
> Please test and report issues on bugs.dpdk.org.
> 
> DPDK 25.03-rc2 is expected in more than two weeks (end of February).
> 
> Thank you everyone
> 
Update the test status for Intel part. dpdk25.03-rc1 all test is done. found six new issues.

New issues:
1. [dpdk25.03] nvgre/nvgre_ipv4_checksum_offload: core dumped when quit testpmd    -> has fix patch
2. [dpdk-25.03] ice_dcf_acl_filter: the rule that supports both switch and ACL will be prioritized for switch    -> Intel dev is under investigating
3. [dpdk-25.03rc1][Ubuntu24.04.1] ipsec_gw_cryptodev_func/qat_3des_cbc_ipv4_transport: buffer overflow detected, Aborted (core dumped)    -> has fix patch
4. Bug 1663 - [dpdk-25.03] flexible_rxd/check_IPv4_IPv6_TCP_fields_in_RXD_on_specific_queues: port config rxq/txq failed after attach port    -> not fix yet
5. [dpdk-25.03] [NNT] pmd_bonded_8023ad: port start failed after set bonding lacp    -> has fix patch
6. [dpdk-25.03]port_control/test_pf_start_stop_reset_close: Failed to manually reset pf    -> has fix patch

# 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, Fedora41, RHEL10, RHEL9.4, RHEL9.5-RT, FreeBSD14.2, SUSE15.6, OpenAnolis8.9, AzureLinux3.0 etc.
  - All test passed.
 *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 5 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. found the 1,2,4,6 issues.
* PF/VF(apfi/cpfi): test scenarios including cpfi_rte_flow/TSO/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. found the 3 issue. 
 *Performance test: test scenarios including Throughput Performance /Cryptodev Latency, etc.
	- Execution rate is done. No performance drop.


Regards,
Xu, Hailin