IBM - Power Systems Testing
DPDK v26.03-rc1
* Build CI on Fedora 40, 41, 42 and 43 container images for ppc64le
* Basic PF on Mellanox: No issues found
* Performance: TestPMD single core tests on ConnectX-7, no issues found
* OS:- RHEL 10.1 kernel: 6.12.0-124.39.1.el10_1.ppc64le
with gcc version 14.2.1 20250110 (Red Hat 14.2.1-7)
Systems tested:
- LPARs on IBM Power10 CHRP IBM, 9105-22A
NICs:
- Mellanox Technologies MT2910 Family [ConnectX-7 25 GbE 4-Port]
- Firmware Version: 28.47.1088
- OFED 26.01-1.0.0
Regards,
Riley Fletcher
On Tue, 2026-02-17 at 23:30 +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
> https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v26.03-rc1
>
> There are 356 new patches in this snapshot.
>
> Release notes:
> https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_26_03.html
>
> Highlights of 26.03-rc1:
> - ACL custom memory allocation
> - cryptodev 256-bit NEA/NCA/NIA algorithms
> - OpenSSL AES-XTS and SHAKE algorithms
> - BPF atomic XCHG instruction
> - no more format overflow in libraries
> - no more variable shadowing
>
> Please test and report issues on bugs.dpdk.org.
>
> We plan to release -rc2 in 2 weeks.
>
> Thank you everyone
>
