All, Update the test status for Intel part. Validation test are almost finished. # 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, CentOS 8.3, CentOS Stream 8, etc. - All passed. *Compile: cover the CFLAGES(O0/O1/O2/O3) with popular OS such as Ubuntu20.04 and CentOS 8.3. - All passed.
*PF(i40e, ixgbe and igb): test scenarios including RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc. - All test are done. Only 1 bug is found. 4 issues found in RC2 are fixed in RC3. *VF(i40e, ixgbe and igb): test scenarios including VF-RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc. - All passed except known issue. No new issues are found. *PF/VF(ICE): test scenarios including /Switch features/Package Management/Flow Director/Advanced Tx/Advanced RSS/ACL/DCF/Share code update/Flexible Descriptor, etc. - All test are done. No new issues are found. 4 issues about QinQ found on RC2 are fixed in RC3. * Intel NIC single core/NIC performance: test scenarios including PF/VF single core performance test, RFC2544 Zero packet loss performance test, etc. - All passed. The performance is consistent with RC2. * Power and IPsec: * Power: test scenarios including bi-direction/Telemetry/Empty Poll Lib/Priority Base Frequency and so on. - Not test yet. * IPsec: No test due to there's no codes changes. # 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 7.0u1, etc. - All passed except known issue. 4 Virtio related issue are fixed in RC3. * Cryptodev: *Function test: test scenarios including Cryptodev API testing/CompressDev ISA-L/QAT/ZLIB PMD Testing/FIPS, etc. - All passed. *Performance test: test scenarios including Thoughput Performance /Cryptodev Latency, etc. - The performance is consistent with RC2. Best regards, Jiang, Yu > -----Original Message----- > From: dev <dev-boun...@dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Thomas Monjalon > Sent: Saturday, February 6, 2021 4:29 AM > To: annou...@dpdk.org > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-announce] release candidate 21.02-rc3 > > A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing: > https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v21.02-rc3 > > There are 80 new patches in this snapshot. > > Release notes: > https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.html > > Please test and report issues on bugs.dpdk.org. > You may share some release validation results by replying to this message at > dev@dpdk.org. > > The -rc4 should include only critical bug fixes, doc and tooling. > > Please think about sharing your roadmap for DPDK 21.05. > > Thank you everyone >