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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon-pdR9zngts4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: [dpdk-announce] release candidate 1.8.0-rc5
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 01:42:14 +0100
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A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
	http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/tag/?id=v1.8.0-rc5

This release candidate includes some build fixes, some corner cases
fixes and some documentation updates.

Changelog (main changes since rc4)
	- fixes for:
		* building
		* empty cfgfile
		* IPv6 checksum
		* ring API
		* ixgbe
		* i40e
		* vmxnet3
		* af_packet
		* apps checks
		* examples checks
	- enhancements:
		* doc for VM power management

The release must be out this week to be ready for the christmas tree.
Remaining patches should be mostly about documentation.
The other candidates in the queue are about:
	- new Rx error flags
	- enic VFIO
	- bond fixes
	- vhost vlan offload
	- kni build fix on RHEL6.5

Thank you
-- 
Thomas