[dpdk-announce] release candidate 2.2.0-rc1

[Thomas Monjalon]

A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
	http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/tag/?id=v2.2.0-rc1

This is the first release candidate for DPDK 2.2.
It is a reference point to validate the new networking features.

The current release notes show most of the main changes:
http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/tree/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_2.rst

Some features not related to networking drivers have an extra time
for reviewing and integration in rc2.
They belong to the areas listed below:
	- packet framework
	- cryptodev
	- ARM
	- examples
	- mk

You are welcome to review some pending patches in
http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork and send your comments:
	http://dpdk.org/dev#review

Thank you everyone