Re: DPDK release candidate 26.07-rc1

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

IBM - Power Systems Testing
DPDK v26.07-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: 6.12.0-211.7.3.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 Thu, 2026-06-11 at 04:52 +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
> 	https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v26.07-rc1
> 
> There are 432 new patches in this snapshot.
> 
> Release notes:
> 	https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_26_07.html
> 
> Highlights of 26.07-rc1:
> 	- option --pagesz-mem for per-page-size maximum
> 	- option --no-auto-probing for no device at init
> 	- less mempool cache misses in run-to-completion
> 	- peek style API for staged-ordered ring
> 	- RISC-V vector paths
> 	- PTP helpers and clock relay example
> 	- selective Rx API to save PCI bandwidth
> 	- vhost memory hotplug
> 	- pcap driver enhanced
> 	- LinkData sxe2 NIC driver
> 	- AI review helpers
> 
> Important note:
> Pipelined applications, where ethdev Rx and Tx run on separate
> lcores,
> should adapt to the new algorithm by doubling their configured
> mempool
> cache size, to avoid doubling their mempool cache miss rate.
> 
> Please test and report issues on bugs.dpdk.org.
> 
> We plan to release -rc2 in 2 weeks.
> 
> Thank you everyone
>