From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Return-Path: <stable-bounces@dpdk.org>
Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124])
	by dpdk.space (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9B3EA05D3
	for <public@inbox.dpdk.org>; Fri, 24 May 2019 18:51:26 +0200 (CEST)
Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF9511B94D;
	Fri, 24 May 2019 18:51:26 +0200 (CEST)
Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [209.132.183.28])
 by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF09B2C16;
 Fri, 24 May 2019 18:51:22 +0200 (CEST)
Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx03.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com
 [10.5.11.13])
 (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits))
 (No client certificate requested)
 by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3795781110;
 Fri, 24 May 2019 16:51:15 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from [10.36.116.80] (ovpn-116-80.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.116.80])
 by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C79026092D;
 Fri, 24 May 2019 16:51:07 +0000 (UTC)
To: dwilder <dwilder@us.ibm.com>
Cc: dpdk stable <stable@dpdk.org>, dev@dpdk.org, Sitong Liu
 <siliu@redhat.com>, Pei Zhang <pezhang@redhat.com>,
 Raslan Darawsheh <rasland@mellanox.com>, qian.q.xu@intel.com,
 Ju-Hyoung Lee <juhlee@microsoft.com>, Ian Stokes <ian.stokes@intel.com>,
 Ali Alnubani <alialnu@mellanox.com>,
 David Christensen <drc@linux.vnet.ibm.com>, benjamin.walker@intel.com,
 Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>,
 John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>, Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>,
 Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran <jerinj@marvell.com>,
 Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal@nxp.com>, Akhil Goyal <akhil.goyal@nxp.com>
References: <20190521140102.24674-1-ktraynor@redhat.com>
 <f3d5f1fc4fbee19e9b2acd3e346d10dd@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
From: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>
Message-ID: <22bc3895-134f-9ee9-f211-5861bfeb795b@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 17:51:06 +0100
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101
 Thunderbird/60.6.1
MIME-Version: 1.0
In-Reply-To: <f3d5f1fc4fbee19e9b2acd3e346d10dd@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Language: en-US
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.13
X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16
 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.28]); Fri, 24 May 2019 16:51:18 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: [dpdk-stable] 18.11.2 (LTS) patches review and test
X-BeenThere: stable@dpdk.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15
Precedence: list
List-Id: patches for DPDK stable branches <stable.dpdk.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://mails.dpdk.org/options/stable>,
 <mailto:stable-request@dpdk.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/stable/>
List-Post: <mailto:stable@dpdk.org>
List-Help: <mailto:stable-request@dpdk.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://mails.dpdk.org/listinfo/stable>,
 <mailto:stable-request@dpdk.org?subject=subscribe>
Errors-To: stable-bounces@dpdk.org
Sender: "stable" <stable-bounces@dpdk.org>

On 24/05/2019 17:46, dwilder wrote:
> Hi Kevin-
> 
> I tested 8.11.2 RC1 on IBM Power9 hardware.  No issues or performance 
> degradation were observed.
> 

Thanks David. Good news on a Friday is always welcome :-)

> Tests run:
>   * Single port stability test using l3fwd (16 cpus) and TRex, tested 64 
> and 1500 byte packets at a 0.0% drop rate for 4 hours each.
> 
> System tested:
>   - IBM Power9 Model 8335-101 CPU: 2.3 (pvr 004e 1203)
> 
> Tested NICs:
>   - ConnectX-5 (fw 16.23.1020).
> 
> OS Tested
>   - Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS (kernel 4.15.0-47-generic)
> 

I will add it to the release notes,

thanks,
Kevin.

> Regards,
> Dave