[dpdk-dev] DPDK Release Status Meeting 4/06/2020

[Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>]

Minutes 4 June 2020
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Agenda:
* Meeting
* Release Dates
* Subtrees
* OvS

Participants:
* Arm
* Debian/Microsoft
* Intel
* Marvell
* Mellanox
* NXP
* Red Hat


Meeting
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* It has been discussed to use different meeting infrastructure in the
  retrospective meeting.
  * https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2020-May/168971.html

  * There was no update so continued with Skype on this meeting

  * Jitsi suggested, an update will be announced for next meeting


Release Dates
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* v20.08 dates:
  * Proposal/V1:		Friday, 12 June 2020
  * -rc1:			Wednesday, 8 July 2020
  * -rc2:			Monday, 20 July 2020
  * Release:			Tuesday, 4 August 2020

  * Red Hat, Mellanox & Marvell already sent roadmap, all contributors please
    send roadmap for the release.


Subtrees
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* main
  * There is new interrupt maintainer, thanks Harman for volunteering
    https://patches.dpdk.org/patch/70846/
  * VF Token patch can be merged soon
    v15: https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=10272
    * Kernel support in 5.6
    * Should be tested
  * Will merge some windows patches
    * Like memory management wrappers, that affect all
  * Will plan an merge from next-net tomorrow
  * Roadmap update
    * Will send a patch to update roadmap webpage
    * Will update roadmap with agreed changes, like moving igb_uoi
    * Roadmap is missing from Intel and Arm
  * Call for review for two flow API changes
    * [RFC] add flow action context API (https://patches.dpdk.org/patch/70465/)
    * "Flow API sampling/mirroring action", not sent yet

* next-net
  * Merged some patches and pulled from sub-trees
  * Around 50 patch majority from previous release
  * Enough commits accumulated for an early merge

* next-crypto
  * No update this week, will start reviews this week

* next-eventdev
  * A few patches waiting review

* next-virtio
  * A few series to review, will start review

* next-net-mrvl
  * Will start merging next week

LTS
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  * v19.11.3-rc1 is out, please test
    * https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2020-June/169263.html
    * Release is planned tentatively two weeks later (17 June)
    * Vendors need to secure the testing resource for the LTS

  * v18.11.9 in progress
    * Halfway through the backport
    * Planning to have an -rc and of next week


OvS
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* Validating CVE fixes
  * A performance drop observed in vhost, can share the result
    * Need to check/verify this performance drop in DPDK

* Release feature deadline is beginning of the July and code freeze on mid July

* Working on vxlan offload and vxlan TSO with Mellanox and Broadcom
  * The solution may end up being in DPDK instead of OvS

* CPU instruction enablement is going on for Intel



DPDK Release Status Meetings
============================

The DPDK Release Status Meeting is intended for DPDK Committers to discuss
the status of the master tree and sub-trees, and for project managers to
track progress or milestone dates.

The meeting occurs on Thursdays at 8:30 UTC. If you wish to attend just
send an email to "John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>" for the invite.