IBM - Power Systems Testing
DPDK v26.11-rc2
* 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 Mon, 2026-11-02 at 19:18 +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
> https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v26.11-rc2
>
> There are 357 new patches in this snapshot.
>
> Release notes:
> https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_26_11.html
>
> There are many fixes and drivers features, including AMD NTB.
>
> Please test and report issues on bugs.dpdk.org.
>
> Patches to improve tooling, examples and documentation are welcome
> for the next release candidates.
>
> We'll try to close -rc3 and -rc4 in one week each.
>
> Thank you everyone
>
