> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, October 16, 2026 9:45 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: DPDK release candidate 26.11-rc1
>
> 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.
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>
> Thank you everyone
>
Update the test status for Intel part. dpdk26.11-rc1 all validation test done.
found 4 new issues.
New issues:
1. Bug 2074 - [26.11]i40e: mac_filter/test_add_remove_mac_address, remove_mac
the change did not take effect.
2. Bug 2071 - [dpdk-26.11]vswitch_sample_cbdma: No response at all when
quitting vhost-user with CTRL+C
3. Bug 2069 - [dpdk 26.11-rc1]
multiprocess/test_multiprocess_symmetric_mp_packet second process coredump
4. Bug 2067 -
[dpdk-26.11]vm2vm_virtio_pmd/vm2vm_vhost_user_virtio95_pmd_with_mergeable_path_with_payload_valid_check:
start dpdk-pdump in VM with virtio-0.95 protocol failed -> has fix patch
and merged
https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/[email protected]/
* Build & CFLAG compile: cover the build test with latest GCC/Clang version on
the following OS(all passed)
- Ubuntu24.04.5/Ubuntu26.04.1
- RHEL10/RHEL12
- Fedora44
- FreeBSD15.1
- SUSE16
- OpenAnolis8.10
- OpenEuler24.04-SP3
- AzureLinux3.0
* Function tests: All test done and found 4 issues.
- ICE-(E810, E825, E830, E835, E2100) PF/VF: test scenarios including
basic/RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum
offload/mac_filter/VLAN/VXLAN/RSS/Switch/Package Management/Flow
Director/Advanced Tx/Advanced RSS/ACL/DCF/Flexible Descriptor, etc.
- i40E-(XXV710, X722) PF/VF: test scenarios including
basic/RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/mac_filter/VLAN/VXLAN/RSS, etc.
- IXGBE-(E610, X550) PF/VF: test scenarios including
basic/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/mac_filter/VLAN/VXLAN/RSS, etc.
- IGC-(i226) PF: test scenarios including
basic/RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/mac_filter/VLAN/VXLAN/RSS, etc.
- IPsec: test scenarios including ipsec/ipsec-gw/ipsec library basic test -
QAT&SW/FIB library, etc.
- Virtio: both function and performance test are covered. Such as
PVP/Virtio_loopback/virtio-user loopback/virtio-net VM2VM perf testing/VMAWARE
ESXI 9.0, etc.
- Cryptodev: test scenarios including Cryptodev API testing/CompressDev
ISA-L/QAT/ZLIB PMD Testing/FIPS, etc.
- Other: test scenarios including AF_XDP, Power, CBDMA, DSA
* Performance test: All test done and passed
- Thoughput Performance
- Cryptodev Latency
- PF/VF NIC single core
- E810/E825/E835/E2100 NIC Performance
Regards,
Xu, Hailin
