Re: DPDK release candidate 26.11-rc1

[Riley Fletcher <rileyf@linux.ibm.com>]

IBM - Power Systems Testing
DPDK v26.11-rc1

* 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: 6.12.0-211.64.1.el10_2.ppc64le
         with gcc (GCC) 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 26.07-0.7.7

Regards,

Riley Fletcher

On Fri, 2026-10-16 at 03:45 +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
> 	https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v26.11-rc1
> 
> There are 698 new patches in this snapshot.
> 
> Release notes:
> 	https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_26_11.html
> 
> Highlights of 26.11-rc1:
> 	- pile stack-like container and mempool driver
> 	- interrupt FD leak detection
> 	- VFIO API made internal
> 	- VFIO character device
> 	- Device Tree matching in platform bus
> 	- module EEPROM decoding
> 	- flow graph parser for drivers
> 	- RSA capability parameters
> 	- AMD AE4DMA driver
> 	- NXP i.MX95 eDMA5 driver
> 	- baseband statistics per queue
> 	- auto-detection of uncore power driver
> 	- graph profiling
> 	- eBPF validation tool
> 	- removal of deprecated API
> 
> Please test and report issues on bugs.dpdk.org.
> 
> We'll try to release -rc2 before the end of the month.
> That leaves us less than 2 weeks to add more driver features.
> Adding library features after -rc1 would be an exception,
> but it's still possible.
> 
> Note: Security updates for several LTS branches were released this
> week.
> To receive advance notice of future security releases, you can
> request
> to be added to security-prerelease@dpdk.org by emailing
> techboard@dpdk.org.
> 
> Thank you everyone
>