Re: DPDK release candidate 26.07-rc4

Re: DPDK release candidate 26.07-rc4

[Riley Fletcher]

IBM - Power Systems Testing
DPDK v26.07-rc4

* Build CI on Fedora 40, 41, 42 and 43 container images for ppc64le
* Basic PF on Mellanox: No issues found
* Performance: TestPMD throughput single core tests
* OS:- RHEL 10.2  kernel: 6.12.0-211.7.3.el10_2.ppc64le
         with gcc version 14.3.1 20251022 (Red Hat 14.3.1-4)

Systems tested:
  - LPARs on IBM Power11 CHRP IBM, 9105-22A
     NICs:
     - Mellanox Technologies MT4129 Family [ConnectX-7 100 GbE 2-Port]
     - Firmware Version: 28.48.1000 (MT_0000000834)
     - OFED 26.04-0.8.6

Regards,

Riley Fletcher

On Sun, 2026-07-19 at 11:53 +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
> 	https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v26.07-rc4
> 
> There are 48 new patches in this snapshot.
> 
> Release notes:
> 	https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_26_07.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
> and by adding tested hardware in the release notes.
> 
> Only release notes changes are expected at this stage.
> There are some deprecation notices pending for review.
> 
> This release cycle should be closed in few days.
> 
> Thank you everyone
> 

DPDK release candidate 26.07-rc4 testing report

[Wael Abualrub]

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Hi

> -----Original Message——
> From: Thomas Monjalon thomas@monjalon.net<mailto:thomas@monjalon.net>
> Sent: Sunday, 19 July 2026 at 12:53
> To: announce@dpdk.org<mailto:announce@dpdk.org> announce@dpdk.org<mailto:announce@dpdk.org>
> Subject: DPDK release candidate 26.07-rc4

> A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
> https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v26.07-rc4

> There are 48 new patches in this snapshot.

> Release notes:
> https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_26_07.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<mailto:dev@dpdk.org>
> and by adding tested hardware in the release notes.

> Only release notes changes are expected at this stage.
> There are some deprecation notices pending for review.

> This release cycle should be closed in few days.

> Thank you everyone.

The following is a list of tests that we ran on NVIDIA hardware this release:


Note: all tests are passed, and no critical issues were found.


- Basic functionality:

   Send and receive multiple types of traffic.

- testpmd xstats counter test.

- testpmd timestamp test.

- Changing/checking link status through testpmd.

- RTE flow tests:

        https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/nics/mlx5.html#supported-hardware-offloads

- RSS testing.

- VLAN filtering, stripping and insertion tests.

- Checksum and TSO tests.

- ptype reporting.

- link status interrupt using the example application link_status_interrupt tests.

- Interrupt mode using l3fwd-power example application tests.

- Multi process testing using multi process example applications.

- Hardware LRO tests.

- Buffer Split.

- Tx scheduling.


We don't see new issues caused by changes in this release.

Kindest Regards,
Wael Abualrub




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Re: DPDK release candidate 26.07-rc4

[Kishore Padmanabha]

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Here is the Broadcom's Test Report of DPDK v26.07-rc4

- DPDK DTS Verification: Executed the DPDK Test Suite (DTS) Python
framework for functional validation. The following test suites were
verified:
     - Smoke Tests: Verified basic driver initialization, device binding,
and testpmd launch capabilities.
     - Unit Tests: Executed DPDK core unit tests and fast-tests.
- DPDK Baseline Conformance: Verified Link Speed, MTU, RSS (IPv4/IPv6),
CSO/TSO offloads, stress testing (link toggles, testpmd stability), and
statistics (xstats). No issues were identified.
- Tunnelling Protocols: Verified IPGRE (TCP/UDP over IPv4) and VxLAN
tunnelling traffic, both with and without Checksum Offload (CSO). No issues
were identified.
- Operating System: RHEL 9.0 (kernel: 5.14.0-70.13.1.el9_0.x86_64) with gcc
version 11.2.1 20220127 (Red Hat 11.2.1-9).

Systems Tested:
- Dell 740 server (x86_64)
- NICs:
     - THOR2 - P2200
     - WH+ - Broadcom Adv. Dual 25Gb Ethernet

Thanks,
Kishore


On Sun, Jul 19, 2026 at 5:53 AM Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net> wrote:

> A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
>         https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v26.07-rc4
>
> There are 48 new patches in this snapshot.
>
> Release notes:
>         https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_26_07.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
> and by adding tested hardware in the release notes.
>
> Only release notes changes are expected at this stage.
> There are some deprecation notices pending for review.
>
> This release cycle should be closed in few days.
>
> Thank you everyone
>
>
>

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