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 [email protected] by emailing
> [email protected].
>
> Thank you everyone
>
