A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v19.05-rc1
After one big and one short cycle releases, this one looks normal,
delivering -rc1, almost on time, with 678 patches.
The release notes so far:
http://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_19_05.html
Please think about updating the release notes when you add a feature.
Highlights of 19.05-rc1, grouped by category:
General:
- helloworld on Windows
- C11 memory ordering in spinlock, rwlock and new ticketlock
- lock-free extendable bucket in hash library
- stack library and lock-free stack mempool handler
- DMA mapping for external memory
Networking:
- min/max MTU info
- iterators for multi-ports device
- AF_XDP PMD
- ice: vector instructions
- ice: package download
- i40e: VXLAN-GPE
- ixgbe: promiscuous mode on VF
- ixgbe: loopback for X540/X550
- mlx5: direct rule
- mlx4: secondary process
- failsafe: secondary process
Cryptography:
- more algorithms in IPsec library
- qat asymmetric crypto
Applications:
- live testpmd statistics
- optimized testpmd macswap mode for Arm
- optimized testpmd txonly mode
- multiple flows with testpmd txonly mode
Some features are expected in 19.05-rc2:
- RCU library
- timer management in multi-process
- memif PMD
- nfb PMD
- ipn3ke PMD
We have one month to complete this release cycle.
19.05-rc2 is expected on 10th of April.
Thank you everyone
PS: some extra informations below
About the previous release 19.02.0, it has been decided to have
no maintenance release 19.02.1 because of a lack of interest.
Only one week remaining to propose a talk for China Summit:
https://www.dpdk.org/event/dpdk-china-june-24th-2019
