[dpdk-dev] [dpdk-announce] release candidate 21.08-rc3

[Thinh Tran]

Hi
IBM - Power Systems
DPDK 21.08-rc3

* Basic PF on Mellanox: No new issues or regressions were seen.
* Performance: not tested.

Systems tested:
  - IBM Power9 PowerNV 9006-22P
     OS: RHEL 8.3
     GCC:  version 8.3.1 20191121 (Red Hat 8.3.1-5)
     NICs:
      - Mellanox Technologies MT28800 Family [ConnectX-5 Ex]
      - firmware version: 16.29.1017
      - MLNX_OFED_LINUX-5.2-1.0.4.1 (OFED-5.2-1.0.4)

  - LPARs on IBM Power10 CHRP IBM,9105-42B
     OS: RHEL 8.4
     GCC: gcc version 8.4.1 20200928 (Red Hat 8.4.1-1)
     NICs:
     - Mellanox Technologies MT28800 Family [ConnectX-5 Ex]
     - firmware version: 16.30.1004
     - MLNX_OFED_LINUX-5.3-1.0.0.2

Regards,
Thinh Tran

On 7/31/2021 4:19 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
> 	https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v21.08-rc3
> 
> There are 70 new patches in this snapshot.
> 
> Release notes:
> 	https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_21_08.html
> 
> Please check all pending announces of deprecations for 21.11.
> https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?q=announce
> 
> You may share some release validation results
> by replying to this message at dev at dpdk.org.
> 
> DPDK 21.08-rc4 is expected on Wednesday.
> 
> Thank you everyone
> 
>