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
>
