1. DPDK Release 23.11

1.1. New Features

Build requirements increased for C11.

From DPDK 23.11 onwards, building DPDK will require a C compiler which supports the C11 standard, including support for C11 standard atomics.

More specifically, the requirements will be:
- Support for flag -std=c11 (or similar)
- __STDC_NO_ATOMICS__ is not defined when using c11 flag
Please note:
- C11, including standard atomics, is supported from GCC version 5 onwards, and is the default language version in that release (Ref: https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-5/changes.html)
- C11 is the default compilation mode in Clang from version 3.6, which also added support for standard atomics (Ref: https://releases.llvm.org/3.6.0/tools/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.html)
Updated dependencies when linking against libarchive.

When the libarchive development package is present on the system, DPDK will use libarchive and register a dependency on it. However, on a number of Linux distributions, including, for example, Fedora and Ubuntu, installing the libarchive dev package does not cause all required dependencies for static linking to be automatically installed too. These additional dev packages, such as liblz4-dev and libacl1-dev on Ubuntu, will need to be installed manually (if not already present) to prevent errors with linking against DPDK static libraries.
Added new build options.
- Enabling deprecated libraries is now done using the new enable_deprecated_libraries build option.
- Optional libraries can now be selected with the new enable_libs build option similarly to the existing enable_drivers build option.
Introduced a new API for atomic operations.

This new API serves as a wrapper for transitioning to standard atomic operations as described in the C11 standard. This API implementation points at the compiler intrinsics by default. The implementation using C11 standard atomic operations is enabled via the enable_stdatomic build option.
Added support for power intrinsics with AMD processors.

Added AMD MONITORX/MWAITX instructions in EAL for power optimisation.
Added support for allow/block list in vmbus bus driver.*

The vmbus bus driver now supports -a and -b EAL options for selecting devices.
Added mbuf recycling support.

Added rte_eth_recycle_rx_queue_info_get and rte_eth_recycle_mbufs functions which allow the user to copy used mbufs from the Tx mbuf ring into the Rx mbuf ring. This feature supports the case that the Rx Ethernet device is different from the Tx Ethernet device with respective driver callback functions in rte_eth_recycle_mbufs.
Added amd-pstate driver support to the power management library.

Added support for amd-pstate driver which works on AMD EPYC processors.
Added maximum Rx buffer size to report.

Introduced the max_rx_bufsize field, representing the maximum Rx buffer size per descriptor supported by the HW, in the structure rte_eth_dev_info to avoid wasting mempool space.
Improved support of RSS hash algorithm.
- Added support to query RSS hash algorithm capability via rte_eth_dev_info_get(), and set RSS hash algorithm via rte_eth_dev_configure() or rte_eth_dev_rss_hash_update().
- Added new function rte_eth_dev_rss_algo_name to get name of RSS hash algorithm.
Added packet type flow matching criteria.

Added RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_PTYPE to allow matching on L2/L3/L4 and tunnel information as defined in mbuf packet type.
Added a flow action type for P4-defined actions.

For P4-programmable devices, hardware pipeline can be configured through a new “PROG” action type and its associated custom arguments. Such P4 pipelines, not using the standard blocks of the flow API, can be managed with RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_FLEX and RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_PROG.
Added flow group set miss actions.

Introduced rte_flow_group_set_miss_actions() API to explicitly set a group’s miss actions, which are the actions to be performed on packets that didn’t match any of the flow rules in the group.
Updated Amazon ena (Elastic Network Adapter) net driver.
- Upgraded ENA HAL to latest version.
- Added support for connection tracking allowance utilization metrics.
- Added support for reporting Rx overrun errors in xstats.
- Added support for ENA-express metrics.
Added a new vDPA PMD for Corigine NFP devices.

Added a new Corigine NFP vDPA (nfp_vdpa) PMD. See the NFP vDPA driver guide for more details on this driver.
Updated Corigine/Netronome nfp driver.
- Added inline IPsec offload based on the security framework.
Updated Intel cpfl driver.
- Added support for port representor.
- Added support for flow offload (including P4-defined pipeline).
Updated Intel iavf driver.
- Added support for iavf auto-reset.
Updated Intel i40e driver.
- Added support for new X722 devices.
Updated Marvell cnxk net driver.
- Added support for RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_IPV6_ROUTING_EXT flow item.
- Added support for RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_AGE flow action.
Updated NVIDIA mlx5 net driver.
- Added support for multi-port E-Switch.
- Added support for Network Service Header (NSH) flow matching.
- Added support for RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_PTYPE flow item.
- Added support for RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_IPV6_EXT_PUSH flow action.
- Added support for RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_IPV6_EXT_REMOVE flow action.
- Added support for RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_PORT_REPRESENTOR flow action and mirror.
- Added support for RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_INDIRECT_LIST flow action.
Updated Solarflare net driver.
- Added support for transfer flow action INDIRECT with subtype VXLAN_ENCAP.
- Supported packet replay (multi-count / multi-delivery) in transfer flows.
Updated Wangxun ngbe driver.
- Added 100M and auto-neg support in YT PHY fiber mode.
Added support for TLS and DTLS record processing.

Added TLS and DTLS record transform for security session and added enhancements to rte_crypto_op fields to handle all datapath requirements of TLS and DTLS. The support was added for TLS 1.2, TLS 1.3 and DTLS 1.2.
Added out of place processing support for inline ingress security session.

Similar to out of place processing support for lookaside security session, added the same support for inline ingress security session.
Added security Rx inject API.

Added Rx inject API to allow applications to submit packets for protocol offload and have them injected back to ethdev Rx so that further ethdev Rx actions (IP reassembly, packet parsing and flow lookups) can happen based on the inner packet.

When using the API implemented by an ethdev the application would be able to process packets that are received without/failed inline offload processing (such as fragmented ESP packets with inline IPsec offload). When using the API implemented by a cryptodev it can be used for injecting packets to ethdev Rx after IPsec processing and take advantage of ethdev Rx actions for the inner packet which cannot be accelerated in inline protocol offload mode.
Updated cryptodev scheduler driver.
- Added support for DOCSIS security protocol through the rte_security API callbacks.
Updated ipsec_mb crypto driver.
- Added Intel IPsec MB v1.5 library support for x86 platform.
- Added support for digest encrypted to the AESNI_MB asynchronous crypto driver.
Updated Intel QuickAssist Technology driver.
- Enabled support for QAT 2.0c (4944) devices in QAT crypto driver.
- Added support for SM2 ECDSA algorithm.
Updated Marvell cnxk crypto driver.
- Added SM2 algorithm support in asymmetric crypto operations.
- Added asymmetric crypto ECDH support.
Updated Marvell Nitrox symmetric crypto driver.
- Added support for AES-CCM algorithm.
Updated Intel vRAN Boost baseband driver.
- Added support for the new Intel vRAN Boost v2 device variant (GNR-D) within the unified driver.
Added support for models with multiple I/O in mldev library.

Added support in mldev library for models with multiple inputs and outputs.
Updated Marvell cnxk mldev driver.
- Added support for models compiled using TVM framework.
Added new eventdev Ethernet Rx adapter create API.

Added new function rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_create_ext_with_params() for creating Rx adapter instance for the applications desire to control both the event port allocation and event buffer size.
Added eventdev DMA adapter.
- Added the Event DMA Adapter Library. This library extends the event-based model by introducing APIs that allow applications to enqueue/dequeue DMA operations to/from dmadev as events scheduled by an event device.
Added eventdev support to link queues to port with link profile.

Introduced event link profiles that can be used to associate links between event queues and an event port with a unique identifier termed the “link profile”. The profile can be used to switch between the associated links in fast-path without the additional overhead of linking/unlinking and waiting for unlinking.
- Added rte_event_port_profile_links_set, rte_event_port_profile_unlink rte_event_port_profile_links_get and rte_event_port_profile_switch functions to enable this feature.
Updated Marvell cnxk eventdev driver.
- Added support for remaining_ticks_get timer adapter PMD callback to get the remaining ticks to expire for a given event timer.
- Added link profiles support, up to two link profiles are supported.
Updated Marvell cnxk dmadev driver.
- Added support for source buffer auto free for memory to device DMA.
Added dispatcher library.

Added dispatcher library which purpose is to help decouple different parts (modules) of an eventdev-based application.
Added CLI based graph application.

Added CLI based graph application which exercises different use cases. The application provides a framework so that each use case can be added via a file. Each CLI will further be translated into a graph representing the use case.
Added layer 2 MACsec forwarding example application.

Added a new example layer 2 forwarding application to benchmark MACsec encryption/decryption using rte_security based inline sessions.

1.2. Removed Items

eal: Removed deprecated RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_* macros.
ethdev: Removed deprecated macro RTE_ETH_DEV_BONDED_SLAVE.
flow_classify: Removed flow classification library and examples.
kni: Removed the Kernel Network Interface (KNI) library and driver.
cryptodev: Removed the arrays of algorithm strings rte_crypto_cipher_algorithm_strings, rte_crypto_auth_algorithm_strings, rte_crypto_aead_algorithm_strings and rte_crypto_asym_xform_strings.
cryptodev: Removed explicit SM2 xform parameter in asymmetric xform.
security: Removed deprecated field reserved_opts from struct rte_security_ipsec_sa_options.
mldev: Removed functions rte_ml_io_input_size_get and rte_ml_io_output_size_get.
cmdline: Removed broken and unused function cmdline_poll.

1.3. API Changes

eal: The thread API has changed. The function rte_thread_create_control() does not take attributes anymore. The whole thread API was promoted to stable level, except rte_thread_setname() and rte_ctrl_thread_create() which are replaced with rte_thread_set_name() and rte_thread_create_control().
eal: Removed RTE_CPUFLAG_NUMFLAGS to avoid misusage and theoretical ABI compatibility issue when adding new cpuflags.
power: Updated the x86 Uncore power management API so that it is vendor agnostic.
ethdev: When rte_eth_dev_configure or rte_eth_dev_rss_hash_update are called, the rss_key_len of structure rte_eth_rss_conf should be provided by the user for the case rss_key != NULL, it won’t be taken as default 40 bytes anymore.
bonding: Replaced master/slave to main/member. The data structure struct rte_eth_bond_8023ad_slave_info was renamed to struct rte_eth_bond_8023ad_member_info in DPDK 23.11. The following functions were removed in DPDK 23.11. The old functions: rte_eth_bond_8023ad_slave_info, rte_eth_bond_active_slaves_get, rte_eth_bond_slave_add, rte_eth_bond_slave_remove, and rte_eth_bond_slaves_get will be replaced by: rte_eth_bond_8023ad_member_info, rte_eth_bond_active_members_get, rte_eth_bond_member_add, rte_eth_bond_member_remove, and rte_eth_bond_members_get.
cryptodev: The elliptic curve asymmetric private and public keys can be maintained per session. These keys are moved from per packet rte_crypto_ecdsa_op_param and rte_crypto_sm2_op_param to generic EC xform rte_crypto_ec_xform.
security: Structures rte_security_ops and rte_security_ctx were moved to internal library headers not visible to application.
mldev: Updated the structure rte_ml_model_info to support input and output with arbitrary shapes. Updated rte_ml_op, rte_ml_io_quantize and rte_ml_io_dequantize to support an array of rte_ml_buff_seg.
pcapng: The time parameters were removed from the functions rte_pcapng_copy and rte_pcapng_write_stats.

1.4. ABI Changes

ethdev: Added recycle_tx_mbufs_reuse and recycle_rx_descriptors_refill fields to rte_eth_dev structure.
ethdev: Structure rte_eth_fp_ops was affected to add recycle_tx_mbufs_reuse and recycle_rx_descriptors_refill fields, to move rxq and txq fields, to change the size of reserved1 and reserved2 fields.
ethdev: Added algorithm field to rte_eth_rss_conf structure for RSS hash algorithm.
ethdev: Added rss_algo_capa field to rte_eth_dev_info structure for reporting RSS hash algorithm capability.
security: struct rte_security_ipsec_sa_options was updated due to inline out-of-place feature addition.

1.5. Tested Platforms

Intel® platforms with Intel® NICs combinations
- CPU
  - Intel Atom® P5342 processor
  - Intel® Atom™ x74xxRE
  - Intel® Atom™ CPU C3758 @ 2.20GHz
  - Intel® Xeon® CPU D-1553N @ 2.30GHz
  - Intel® Xeon® CPU E5-2699 v4 @ 2.20GHz
  - Intel® Xeon® D-1747NTE CPU @ 2.50GHz
  - Intel® Xeon® D-2796NT CPU @ 2.00GHz
  - Intel® Xeon® Gold 6139 CPU @ 2.30GHz
  - Intel® Xeon® Gold 6140M CPU @ 2.30GHz
  - Intel® Xeon® Gold 6252N CPU @ 2.30GHz
  - Intel® Xeon® Gold 6348 CPU @ 2.60GHz
  - Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8280M CPU @ 2.70GHz
  - Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8380 CPU @ 2.30GHz
  - Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8490H
  - GENUINE INTEL® XEON®
- OS:
  - CBL Mariner 2.0
  - Fedora 38
  - FreeBSD 13.2
  - OpenAnolis OS 8.8
  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 8.7
  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 9.2
  - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
  - Ubuntu 22.04.3
- NICs:
  - Intel® Ethernet Controller E810-C for SFP (4x25G)
    - Firmware version: 4.40 0x8001c301 1.3492.0
    - Device id (pf/vf): 8086:1593 / 8086:1889
    - Driver version(out-tree): 1.13.1_1_g565e8ce94_dirty (ice)
    - Driver version(in-tree): 5.15.0-82-generic (Ubuntu22.04.3)/ 5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2.x86_64 (RHEL9.2)/ 5.15.129-rt67 (Ubuntu22.04.3)(ice)
    - OS Default DDP: 1.3.36.0
    - COMMS DDP: 1.3.46.0
    - Wireless Edge DDP: 1.3.14.0
  - Intel® Ethernet Controller E810-C for QSFP (2x100G)
    - Firmware version: 4.40 0x8001c2f1 1.3492.0
    - Device id (pf/vf): 8086:1592 / 8086:1889
    - Driver version(out-tree): 1.13.1_1_g565e8ce94_dirty (ice)
    - Driver version(in-tree): 5.15.55.1-1.cm2-5464b22cac7+ (CBL Mariner 2.0) (ice)
    - OS Default DDP: 1.3.36.0
    - COMMS DDP: 1.3.46.0
    - Wireless Edge DDP: 1.3.14.0
  - Intel® Ethernet Controller E810-XXV for SFP (2x25G)
    - Firmware version: 4.40 0x8001c2f5 1.3492.0
    - Device id (pf/vf): 8086:159b / 8086:1889
    - Driver version: 1.13.1_1_g565e8ce94_dirty (ice)
    - OS Default DDP: 1.3.36.0
    - COMMS DDP: 1.3.46.0
  - Intel® Ethernet Connection E823-C for QSFP
    - Firmware version: 3.33 0x8001b295 1.3443.0
    - Device id (pf/vf): 8086:188b / 8086:1889
    - Driver version: 1.13.1_1_g565e8ce94_dirty (ice)
    - OS Default DDP: 1.3.36.0
    - COMMS DDP: 1.3.46.0
    - Wireless Edge DDP: 1.3.14.0
  - Intel® Ethernet Connection E823-L for QSFP
    - Firmware version: 3.33 0x8001b4b0 1.3429.0
    - Device id (pf/vf): 8086:124c / 8086:1889
    - Driver version: 1.13.1_1_g565e8ce94_dirty (ice)
    - OS Default DDP: 1.3.36.0
    - COMMS DDP: 1.3.46.0
    - Wireless Edge DDP: 1.3.14.0
  - Intel® Ethernet Connection E822-L for backplane
    - Firmware version: 3.33 0x8001b4b6 1.3429.0
    - Device id (pf/vf): 8086:1897 / 8086:1889
    - Driver version: 1.13.1_1_g565e8ce94_dirty (ice)
    - OS Default DDP: 1.3.36.0
    - COMMS DDP: 1.3.46.0
    - Wireless Edge DDP: 1.3.14.0
  - Intel® 82599ES 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
    - Firmware version: 0x000161bf
    - Device id (pf/vf): 8086:10fb / 8086:10ed
    - Driver version(out-tree): 5.19.6 (ixgbe)
    - Driver version(in-tree): 5.15.0-82-generic (Ubuntu22.04.3)/ 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2.x86_64 (RHEL9.2)(ixgbe)
  - Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-DA4 (4x10G)
    - Firmware version: 9.30 0x8000e606 1.3429.0
    - Device id (pf/vf): 8086:1572 / 8086:154c
    - Driver version(out-tree): 2.23.17 (i40e)
  - Intel® Corporation Ethernet Connection X722 for 10GbE SFP+ (2x10G)
    - Firmware version: 6.20 0x80003d82 1.3353.0
    - Device id (pf/vf): 8086:37d0 / 8086:37cd
    - Driver version(out-tree): 2.23.17 (i40e)
    - Driver version(in-tree): 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2.x86_64 (RHEL9.2)(i40e)
  - Intel® Corporation Ethernet Connection X722 for 10GBASE-T
    - Firmware version: 6.20 0x80003d3e 1.2935.0
    - Device id (pf/vf): 8086:37d2 / 8086:37cd
    - Driver version(out-tree): 2.23.17 (i40e)
    - Driver version(in-tree): 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2.x86_64 (RHEL9.2) (i40e)
  - Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter XXV710-DA2 (2x25G)
    - Firmware version: 9.30 0x8000e5f5 1.3429.0
    - Device id (pf/vf): 8086:158b / 8086:154c
    - Driver version(out-tree): 2.23.17 (i40e)
    - Driver version(in-tree): 5.15.0-82-generic (Ubuntu22.04.3)/5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2.x86_64 (RHEL9.2)(i40e)
  - Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter XL710-QDA2 (2X40G)
    - Firmware version(PF): 9.30 0x8000e5ee 1.3429.0
    - Device id (pf/vf): 8086:1583 / 8086:154c
    - Driver version(out-tree): 2.23.17 (i40e)
  - Intel® Ethernet Controller I225-LM
    - Firmware version: 1.3, 0x800000c9
    - Device id (pf): 8086:15f2
    - Driver version(in-tree): 5.15.0-82-generic (Ubuntu22.04.3)(igc)
  - Intel® Ethernet Controller I226-LM
    - Firmware version: 2.14, 0x8000028c
    - Device id (pf): 8086:125b
    - Driver version(in-tree): 5.15.0-82-generic (Ubuntu22.04.3)(igc)
  - Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection
    - Firmware version: 1.63, 0x80001001
    - Device id (pf/vf): 8086:1521 / 8086:1520
    - Driver version(in-tree): 5.15.0-60-generic (Ubuntu22.04.3)(igb)
Intel® platforms with NVIDIA® NICs combinations
- CPU:
  - Intel® Xeon® Gold 6154 CPU @ 3.00GHz
  - Intel® Xeon® CPU E5-2697A v4 @ 2.60GHz
  - Intel® Xeon® CPU E5-2697 v3 @ 2.60GHz
  - Intel® Xeon® CPU E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz
  - Intel® Xeon® CPU E5-2670 0 @ 2.60GHz
  - Intel® Xeon® CPU E5-2650 v4 @ 2.20GHz
  - Intel® Xeon® CPU E5-2650 v3 @ 2.30GHz
  - Intel® Xeon® CPU E5-2640 @ 2.50GHz
  - Intel® Xeon® CPU E5-2650 0 @ 2.00GHz
  - Intel® Xeon® CPU E5-2620 v4 @ 2.10GHz
- OS:
  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 9.1 (Plow)
  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.6 (Ootpa)
  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.4 (Ootpa)
  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.9 (Maipo)
  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.6 (Maipo)
  - Ubuntu 22.04
  - Ubuntu 20.04
  - SUSE Enterprise Linux 15 SP2
- OFED:
  - MLNX_OFED 23.07-0.5.1.2 and above
- upstream kernel:
  - Linux 6.7.0-rc1 and above
- rdma-core:
  - rdma-core-48.0 and above
- NICs
  - NVIDIA® ConnectX®-4 Lx 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G)
    - Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
    - Device ID: 15b3:1015
    - Firmware version: 14.32.1010 and above
  - NVIDIA® ConnectX®-4 Lx 50G MCX4131A-GCAT (1x50G)
    - Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
    - Device ID: 15b3:1015
    - Firmware version: 14.32.1010 and above
  - NVIDIA® ConnectX®-5 100G MCX516A-CCAT (2x100G)
    - Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
    - Device ID: 15b3:1017
    - Firmware version: 16.35.2000 and above
  - NVIDIA® ConnectX®-5 100G MCX516A-CCAT (2x100G)
    - Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
    - Device ID: 15b3:1017
    - Firmware version: 16.38.1900 and above
  - NVIDIA® ConnectX®-5 100G MCX556A-ECAT (2x100G)
    - Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
    - Device ID: 15b3:1017
    - Firmware version: 16.38.1900 and above
  - NVIDIA® ConnectX®-5 100G MCX556A-EDAT (2x100G)
    - Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
    - Device ID: 15b3:1017
    - Firmware version: 16.38.1900 and above
  - NVIDIA® ConnectX®-5 Ex EN 100G MCX516A-CDAT (2x100G)
    - Host interface: PCI Express 4.0 x16
    - Device ID: 15b3:1019
    - Firmware version: 16.38.1900 and above
  - NVIDIA® ConnectX®-6 Dx EN 100G MCX623106AN-CDAT (2x100G)
    - Host interface: PCI Express 4.0 x16
    - Device ID: 15b3:101d
    - Firmware version: 22.38.1900 and above
  - NVIDIA® ConnectX®-6 Lx EN 25G MCX631102AN-ADAT (2x25G)
    - Host interface: PCI Express 4.0 x8
    - Device ID: 15b3:101f
    - Firmware version: 26.38.1900 and above
  - NVIDIA® ConnectX®-7 200G CX713106AE-HEA_QP1_Ax (2x200G)
    - Host interface: PCI Express 5.0 x16
    - Device ID: 15b3:1021
    - Firmware version: 28.38.1900 and above
NVIDIA® BlueField® SmartNIC
- NVIDIA® BlueField®-2 SmartNIC MT41686 - MBF2H332A-AEEOT_A1 (2x25G)
  - Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
  - Device ID: 15b3:a2d6
  - Firmware version: 24.38.1002 and above
- NVIDIA® BlueField®-3 P-Series DPU MT41692 - 900-9D3B6-00CV-AAB (2x200G)
  - Host interface: PCI Express 5.0 x16
  - Device ID: 15b3:a2dc
  - Firmware version: 32.38.1002 and above
- Embedded software:
  - Ubuntu 22.04
  - MLNX_OFED 23.07-0.5.0.0 and above
  - DOCA_2.2.0_BSP_4.2.0_Ubuntu_22.04-2.23-07
  - DPDK application running on ARM cores
IBM Power 9 platforms with NVIDIA® NICs combinations
- CPU:
  - POWER9 2.2 (pvr 004e 1202)
- OS:
  - Ubuntu 20.04
- NICs:
  - NVIDIA® ConnectX®-6 Dx 100G MCX623106AN-CDAT (2x100G)
    - Host interface: PCI Express 4.0 x16
    - Device ID: 15b3:101d
    - Firmware version: 22.38.1900 and above
  - NVIDIA® ConnectX®-7 200G CX713106AE-HEA_QP1_Ax (2x200G)
    - Host interface: PCI Express 5.0 x16
    - Device ID: 15b3:1021
    - Firmware version: 28.38.1900 and above
- OFED:
  - MLNX_OFED 23.07-0.5.1.2

1.6. 23.11.1 Release Notes

1.6.1. 23.11.1 Fixes

23.11.1-rc1
app/crypto-perf: add missing op resubmission
app/crypto-perf: fix copy segment size
app/crypto-perf: fix data comparison
app/crypto-perf: fix encrypt operation verification
app/crypto-perf: fix next segment mbuf
app/crypto-perf: fix out-of-place mbuf size
app/crypto-perf: verify strdup return
app/dma-perf: verify strdup return
app/dumpcap: verify strdup return
app/graph: fix build reason
app/pdump: verify strdup return
app/testpmd: fix –stats-period option check
app/testpmd: fix GRO packets flush on timeout
app/testpmd: fix async flow create failure handling
app/testpmd: fix async indirect action list creation
app/testpmd: fix auto-completion for indirect action list
app/testpmd: fix burst option parsing
app/testpmd: fix crash in multi-process forwarding
app/testpmd: fix error message for invalid option
app/testpmd: fix flow modify tag typo
app/testpmd: hide –bitrate-stats in help if disabled
app/testpmd: return if no packets in GRO heavy weight mode
app/testpmd: verify strdup return
build: fix linker warnings about undefined symbols
build: fix reasons conflict
build: link static libs with whole-archive in subproject
build: pass cflags in subproject
buildtools/cmdline: fix IP address initializer
buildtools/cmdline: fix generated code for IP addresses
bus/dpaa: verify strdup return
bus/fslmc: verify strdup return
bus/vdev: fix devargs in secondary process
bus/vdev: verify strdup return
ci: update versions of actions in GHA
common/cnxk: fix RSS RETA configuration
common/cnxk: fix Tx MTU configuration
common/cnxk: fix VLAN check for inner header
common/cnxk: fix inline device pointer check
common/cnxk: fix link config for SDP
common/cnxk: fix mbox region copy
common/cnxk: fix mbox struct attributes
common/cnxk: fix memory leak in CPT init
common/cnxk: fix possible out-of-bounds access
common/cnxk: remove CN9K inline IPsec FP opcodes
common/cnxk: remove dead code
common/mlx5: fix calloc parameters
common/mlx5: fix duplicate read of general capabilities
common/mlx5: fix query sample info capability
common/qat: fix legacy flag
common/sfc_efx/base: use C11 static assert
config: fix CPU instruction set for cross-build
crypto/cnxk: fix CN9K ECDH public key verification
crypto/qat: fix crash with CCM null AAD pointer
cryptodev: remove unused extern variable
dma/dpaa2: fix logtype register
dma/idxd: verify strdup return
dmadev: fix calloc parameters
doc: add –latencystats option in testpmd guide
doc: add link speeds configuration in features table
doc: add traffic manager in features table
doc: fix aging poll frequency option in cnxk guide
doc: fix commands in eventdev test tool guide
doc: fix configuration in baseband 5GNR driver guide
doc: fix default IP fragments maximum in programmer guide
doc: fix typo in packet framework guide
doc: fix typo in profiling guide
doc: fix typos in cryptodev overview
doc: remove cmdline polling mode deprecation notice
doc: update link to Windows DevX in mlx5 guide
drivers/net: fix buffer overflow for packet types list
dts: fix smoke tests driver regex
dts: strip whitespaces from stdout and stderr
eal/x86: add AMD vendor check for TSC calibration
eal: verify strdup return
ethdev: fix NVGRE encap flow action description
event/cnxk: fix dequeue timeout configuration
event/cnxk: verify strdup return
event/dlb2: remove superfluous memcpy
eventdev/crypto: fix enqueueing
eventdev: fix Doxygen processing of vector struct
eventdev: fix calloc parameters
eventdev: improve Doxygen comments on configure struct
examples/ipsec-secgw: fix Rx queue ID in Rx callback
examples/ipsec-secgw: fix cryptodev to SA mapping
examples/ipsec-secgw: fix typo in error message
examples/ipsec-secgw: fix width of variables
examples/l3fwd: fix Rx over not ready port
examples/l3fwd: fix Rx queue configuration
examples/packet_ordering: fix Rx with reorder mode disabled
examples/qos_sched: fix memory leak in args parsing
examples/vhost: verify strdup return
gro: fix reordering of packets
hash: remove some dead code
kernel/freebsd: fix module build on FreeBSD 14
lib: add newline in logs
lib: remove redundant newline from logs
lib: use dedicated logtypes and macros
ml/cnxk: fix xstats calculation
net/af_xdp: fix leak on XSK configuration failure
net/af_xdp: fix memzone leak on config failure
net/bnx2x: fix calloc parameters
net/bnx2x: fix warnings about memcpy lengths
net/bnxt: fix 50G and 100G forced speed
net/bnxt: fix array overflow
net/bnxt: fix backward firmware compatibility
net/bnxt: fix deadlock in ULP timer callback
net/bnxt: fix null pointer dereference
net/bnxt: fix number of Tx queues being created
net/bnxt: fix speed change from 200G to 25G on Thor
net/bnxt: modify locking for representor Tx
net/bonding: fix flow count query
net/cnxk: add cookies check for multi-segment offload
net/cnxk: fix MTU limit
net/cnxk: fix Rx packet format check condition
net/cnxk: fix aged flow query
net/cnxk: fix buffer size configuration
net/cnxk: fix flow RSS configuration
net/cnxk: fix indirect mbuf handling in Tx
net/cnxk: fix mbuf fields in multi-segment Tx
net/cnxk: improve Tx performance for SW mbuf free
net/ena/base: fix metrics excessive memory consumption
net/ena/base: limit exponential backoff
net/ena/base: restructure interrupt handling
net/ena: fix fast mbuf free
net/ena: fix mbuf double free in fast free mode
net/failsafe: fix memory leak in args parsing
net/gve: fix DQO for chained descriptors
net/hns3: enable PFC for all user priorities
net/hns3: fix VF multiple count on one reset
net/hns3: fix disable command with firmware
net/hns3: fix reset level comparison
net/hns3: refactor PF mailbox message struct
net/hns3: refactor VF mailbox message struct
net/hns3: refactor handle mailbox function
net/hns3: refactor send mailbox function
net/hns3: remove QinQ insert support for VF
net/hns3: support new device
net/i40e: remove incorrect 16B descriptor read block
net/i40e: remove redundant judgment in flow parsing
net/iavf: fix crash on VF start
net/iavf: fix memory leak on security context error
net/iavf: fix no polling mode switching
net/iavf: remove error logs for VLAN offloading
net/iavf: remove incorrect 16B descriptor read block
net/ice: fix link update
net/ice: fix memory leaks
net/ice: fix tunnel TSO capabilities
net/ice: remove incorrect 16B descriptor read block
net/igc: fix timesync disable
net/ionic: fix RSS query
net/ionic: fix device close
net/ionic: fix missing volatile type for cqe pointers
net/ixgbe: fix memoy leak after device init failure
net/ixgbe: increase VF reset timeout
net/ixgbevf: fix RSS init for x550 NICs
net/mana: fix memory leak on MR allocation
net/mana: handle MR cache expansion failure
net/mana: prevent values overflow returned from RDMA layer
net/memif: fix crash with Tx burst larger than 255
net/memif: fix extra mbuf refcnt update in zero copy Tx
net/mlx5/hws: check not supported fields in VXLAN
net/mlx5/hws: enable multiple integrity items
net/mlx5/hws: fix ESP flow matching validation
net/mlx5/hws: fix VLAN inner type
net/mlx5/hws: fix VLAN item in non-relaxed mode
net/mlx5/hws: fix direct index insert on depend WQE
net/mlx5/hws: fix memory access in L3 decapsulation
net/mlx5/hws: fix port ID for root table
net/mlx5/hws: fix tunnel protocol checks
net/mlx5/hws: skip item when inserting rules by index
net/mlx5: fix DR context release ordering
net/mlx5: fix GENEVE TLV option management
net/mlx5: fix GENEVE option item translation
net/mlx5: fix HWS meter actions availability
net/mlx5: fix HWS registers initialization
net/mlx5: fix IP-in-IP tunnels recognition
net/mlx5: fix VLAN ID in flow modify
net/mlx5: fix VLAN handling in meter split
net/mlx5: fix age position in hairpin split
net/mlx5: fix async flow create error handling
net/mlx5: fix condition of LACP miss flow
net/mlx5: fix connection tracking action validation
net/mlx5: fix conntrack action handle representation
net/mlx5: fix counters map in bonding mode
net/mlx5: fix drop action release timing
net/mlx5: fix error packets drop in regular Rx
net/mlx5: fix flow action template expansion
net/mlx5: fix flow configure validation
net/mlx5: fix flow counter cache starvation
net/mlx5: fix flow tag modification
net/mlx5: fix indirect action async job initialization
net/mlx5: fix jump action validation
net/mlx5: fix meter policy priority
net/mlx5: fix modify flex item
net/mlx5: fix non-masked indirect list meter translation
net/mlx5: fix parameters verification in HWS table create
net/mlx5: fix rollback on failed flow configure
net/mlx5: fix stats query crash in secondary process
net/mlx5: fix sync flow meter action
net/mlx5: fix sync meter processing in HWS
net/mlx5: fix template clean up of FDB control flow rule
net/mlx5: fix use after free when releasing Tx queues
net/mlx5: fix warning about copy length
net/mlx5: prevent ioctl failure log flooding
net/mlx5: prevent querying aged flows on uninit port
net/mlx5: remove GENEVE options length limitation
net/mlx5: remove device status check in flow creation
net/mlx5: remove duplication of L3 flow item validation
net/netvsc: fix VLAN metadata parsing
net/nfp: fix IPsec data endianness
net/nfp: fix NFD3 metadata process
net/nfp: fix NFDk metadata process
net/nfp: fix Rx descriptor
net/nfp: fix Rx memory leak
net/nfp: fix calloc parameters
net/nfp: fix device close
net/nfp: fix device resource freeing
net/nfp: fix getting firmware VNIC version
net/nfp: fix initialization failure flow
net/nfp: fix resource leak for CoreNIC firmware
net/nfp: fix resource leak for PF initialization
net/nfp: fix resource leak for VF
net/nfp: fix resource leak for device initialization
net/nfp: fix resource leak for exit of CoreNIC firmware
net/nfp: fix resource leak for exit of flower firmware
net/nfp: fix resource leak for flower firmware
net/nfp: fix switch domain free check
net/nfp: fix uninitialized variable
net/nfp: free switch domain ID on close
net/nfp: verify strdup return
net/sfc: fix calloc parameters
net/softnic: fix include of log library
net/tap: do not overwrite flow API errors
net/tap: fix traffic control handle calculation
net/thunderx: fix DMAC control register update
net/virtio: fix vDPA device init advertising control queue
net/virtio: remove duplicate queue xstats
net/vmxnet3: fix initialization on FreeBSD
net/vmxnet3: ignore Rx queue interrupt setup on FreeBSD
net: add macros for VLAN metadata parsing
net: fix TCP/UDP checksum with padding data
pipeline: fix calloc parameters
rawdev: fix calloc parameters
rcu: fix acked token in debug log
rcu: use atomic operation on acked token
regexdev: fix logtype register
telemetry: fix connected clients count
telemetry: fix empty JSON dictionaries
test/cfgfile: fix typo in error messages
test/event: fix crash in Tx adapter freeing
test/event: skip test if no driver is present
test/mbuf: fix external mbuf case with assert enabled
test/power: fix typo in error message
test: assume C source files are UTF-8 encoded
test: do not count skipped tests as executed
test: fix probing in secondary process
test: verify strdup return
vdpa/mlx5: fix queue enable drain CQ
version: 23.11.1-rc2
vhost: fix VDUSE device destruction failure
vhost: fix deadlock during vDPA SW live migration
vhost: fix memory leak in Virtio Tx split path
vhost: fix virtqueue access check in VDUSE setup
vhost: fix virtqueue access check in datapath
vhost: fix virtqueue access check in vhost-user setup

1.6.2. 23.11.1 Validation

RedHat Testing:
- Test scenarios:
  VM with device assignment(PF) throughput testing(1G hugepage size)
  
  VM with device assignment(PF) throughput testing(2M hugepage size)
  
  VM with device assignment(VF) throughput testing
  
  PVP (host dpdk testpmd as vswitch) 1Q: throughput testing
  
  PVP vhost-user 2Q throughput testing
  
  PVP vhost-user 1Q - cross numa node throughput testing
  
  VM with vhost-user 2 queues throughput testing
  
  vhost-user reconnect with dpdk-client, qemu-server qemu reconnect
  
  vhost-user reconnect with dpdk-client, qemu-server ovs reconnect
  
  PVP reconnect with dpdk-client, qemu-server
  
  PVP 1Q live migration testing
  
  PVP 1Q cross numa node live migration testing
  
  VM with ovs+dpdk+vhost-user 1Q live migration testing
  
  VM with ovs+dpdk+vhost-user 1Q live migration testing (2M)
  
  VM with ovs+dpdk+vhost-user 2Q live migration testing
  
  VM with ovs+dpdk+vhost-user 4Q live migration testing
  
  Host PF + DPDK testing
  
  Host VF + DPDK testing
- Test Versions and device:
  RHEL 9.4
  
  qemu-kvm-8.2.0
  
  kernel 5.14
  
  libvirt 10.0
  
  X540-AT2 NIC(ixgbe, 10G)
Nvidia(R) Testing:
- Test scenarios:
  Send and receive multiple types of traffic.
  
  testpmd xstats counter test.
  
  testpmd timestamp test.
  
  Changing/checking link status through testpmd.
  
  rte_flow tests (https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/nics/mlx5.html#supported-hardware-offloads)
  
  RSS tests.
  
  VLAN filtering, stripping, and insertion tests.
  
  Checksum and TSO tests.
  
  ptype tests.
  
  link_status_interrupt example application tests.
  
  l3fwd-power example application tests.
  
  Multi-process example applications tests.
  
  Hardware LRO tests.
  
  Buffer Split tests.
  
  Tx scheduling tests.
- Test platform:
  NIC: ConnectX-6 Dx / OS: Ubuntu 20.04 / Driver: MLNX_OFED_LINUX-24.04-0.6.6.0 / Firmware: 22.41.1000
  
  NIC: ConnectX-7 / OS: Ubuntu 20.04 / Driver: MLNX_OFED_LINUX-24.04-0.6.6.0 / Firmware: 28.41.1000
  
  DPU: BlueField-2 / DOCA SW version: 2.7.0 / Firmware: 24.41.1000
- OS/driver combinations:
  Debian 12 with MLNX_OFED_LINUX-24.01-0.3.3.1.
  
  Ubuntu 20.04.6 with MLNX_OFED_LINUX-24.01-0.3.3.1.
  
  Ubuntu 22.04.4 with MLNX_OFED_LINUX-24.04-0.6.6.0.
  
  Ubuntu 20.04.6 with rdma-core master (311c591).
  
  Ubuntu 20.04.6 with rdma-core v28.0.
  
  Fedora 40 with rdma-core v48.0.
  
  Fedora 41 (Rawhide) with rdma-core v51.0.
  
  OpenSUSE Leap 15.5 with rdma-core v42.0.
  
  Windows Server 2019 with Clang 16.0.6.
Intel(R) Testing:
- Basic NIC testing
  Build & CFLAG compile: cover the build test combination with latest GCC/Clang version and the popular OS revision such as Ubuntu23.10, Ubuntu22.04, Fedora39, RHEL8.9, RHEL9.2, FreeBSD14.0, SUSE15, CentOS7.9, openEuler22.03-SP2，OpenAnolis8.8 etc.
  
  PF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
  
  VF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including VF-RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
  
  PF/VF(ice): test scenarios including Switch features/Package Management/Flow Director/Advanced Tx/Advanced RSS/ACL/DCF/Flexible Descriptor, etc.
  
  Intel NIC single core/NIC performance: test scenarios including PF/VF single core performance test, etc.
  
  IPsec: test scenarios including ipsec/ipsec-gw/ipsec library basic test - QAT&SW/FIB library, etc.
- Basic cryptodev and virtio testing
  Virtio: both function and performance test are covered. Such as PVP/Virtio_loopback/virtio-user loopback/virtio-net VM2VM perf testing/VMAWARE ESXI 8.0, etc.
  
  Cryptodev Function test: Cryptodev API testing/CompressDev ISA-L/QAT/ZLIB PMD Testing/FIPS, etc.
  
  Cryptodev Performance test: test scenarios including Thoughput Performance/Cryptodev Latency, etc.

1.6.3. 23.11.1 Known Issues

Start dpdk-pdump in VM with virtio-0.95 protocol failed

Fix available in upstream.

1.7. 23.11.2 Release Notes

1.7.1. 23.11.2 Fixes

app/bbdev: fix MLD output size computation
app/bbdev: fix TB logic
app/bbdev: fix interrupt tests
app/crypto-perf: fix result for asymmetric
app/crypto-perf: remove redundant local variable
app/dumpcap: handle SIGTERM and SIGHUP
app/pdump: handle SIGTERM and SIGHUP
app/testpmd: add postpone option to async flow destroy
app/testpmd: fix build on signed comparison
app/testpmd: fix help string of BPF load command
app/testpmd: fix indirect action flush
app/testpmd: fix lcore ID restriction
app/testpmd: fix outer IP checksum offload
app/testpmd: fix parsing for connection tracking item
app/testpmd: handle IEEE1588 init failure
baseband/acc: fix memory barrier
baseband/la12xx: forbid secondary process
bpf: disable on 32-bit x86
bpf: fix MOV instruction evaluation
bpf: fix load hangs with six IPv6 addresses
build: use builtin helper for python dependencies
buildtools: fix build with clang 17 and ASan
bus/dpaa: fix bus scan for DMA devices
bus/dpaa: fix memory leak in bus scan
bus/dpaa: remove redundant file descriptor check
bus/pci: fix FD in secondary process
bus/pci: fix UIO resource mapping in secondary process
bus/pci: fix build with musl 1.2.4 / Alpine 3.19
bus/vdev: fix device reinitialization
common/cnxk: fix flow aging cleanup
common/cnxk: fix flow aging on application exit
common/cnxk: fix integer overflow
common/cnxk: fix segregation of logs based on module
common/dpaax/caamflib: fix PDCP AES-AES watchdog error
common/dpaax/caamflib: fix PDCP-SDAP watchdog error
common/dpaax: fix IOVA table cleanup
common/dpaax: fix node array overrun
common/idpf: fix PTP message validation
common/idpf: fix flex descriptor mask
common/mlx5: fix PRM structs
common/mlx5: fix unsigned/signed mismatch
common/mlx5: remove unneeded field when modify RQ table
config: fix warning for cross build with meson >= 1.3.0
crypto/cnxk: fix ECDH public key verification
crypto/cnxk: fix minimal input normalization
crypto/cnxk: fix out-of-bound access
crypto/dpaa2_sec: fix event queue user context
crypto/dpaa_sec: fix IPsec descriptor
crypto/ipsec_mb: fix function comment
crypto/openssl: fix GCM and CCM thread unsafe contexts
crypto/openssl: make per-QP auth context clones
crypto/openssl: make per-QP cipher context clones
crypto/openssl: optimize 3DES-CTR context init
crypto/openssl: set cipher padding once
crypto/qat: fix GEN4 write
crypto/qat: fix log message typo
crypto/qat: fix placement of OOP offset
cryptodev: fix build without crypto callbacks
cryptodev: validate crypto callbacks from next node
devtools: fix symbol listing
dma/hisilicon: remove support for HIP09 platform
dma/idxd: fix setup with Ubuntu 24.04
dmadev: fix structure alignment
doc: add baseline mode in l3fwd-power guide
doc: add power uncore in API index
doc: describe mlx5 HWS actions order
doc: fix AF_XDP device plugin howto
doc: fix DMA performance test invocation
doc: fix link to hugepage mapping from Linux guide
doc: fix mbuf flags
doc: fix testpmd ring size command
doc: fix typo in l2fwd-crypto guide
doc: remove empty section from testpmd guide
doc: remove reference to mbuf pkt field
doc: update AF_XDP device plugin repository
doc: update metadata description in nfp guide
eal/linux: lower log level on allocation attempt failure
eal/unix: support ZSTD compression for firmware
eal/windows: install sched.h file
eal: fix type in destructor macro for MSVC
ethdev: fix GENEVE option item conversion
ethdev: fix device init without socket-local memory
ethdev: fix strict aliasing in link up
event/sw: fix warning from useless snprintf
eventdev/crypto: fix opaque field handling
examples/fips_validation: fix dereference and out-of-bound
examples/ipsec-secgw: fix SA salt endianness
examples/ipsec-secgw: revert SA salt endianness
examples/l3fwd: fix crash in ACL mode for mixed traffic
examples/l3fwd: fix crash on multiple sockets
examples: fix lcore ID restriction
examples: fix port ID restriction
examples: fix queue ID restriction
fbarray: fix finding for unaligned length
fbarray: fix incorrect lookahead behavior
fbarray: fix incorrect lookbehind behavior
fbarray: fix lookahead ignore mask handling
fbarray: fix lookbehind ignore mask handling
graph: fix ID collisions
graph: fix mcore dispatch walk
graph: fix stats retrieval while destroying a graph
hash: check name when creating a hash
hash: fix RCU reclamation size
hash: fix return code description in Doxygen
latencystats: fix literal float suffix
malloc: fix multi-process wait condition handling
mbuf: fix dynamic fields copy
net/af_packet: align Rx/Tx structs to cache line
net/af_xdp: count mbuf allocation failures
net/af_xdp: fix multi-interface support for k8s
net/af_xdp: fix port ID in Rx mbuf
net/af_xdp: fix stats reset
net/af_xdp: remove unused local statistic
net/ark: fix index arithmetic
net/axgbe: check only minimum speed for cables
net/axgbe: delay AN timeout during KR training
net/axgbe: disable RRC for yellow carp devices
net/axgbe: disable interrupts during device removal
net/axgbe: enable PLL control for fixed PHY modes only
net/axgbe: fix MDIO access for non-zero ports and CL45 PHYs
net/axgbe: fix SFP codes check for DAC cables
net/axgbe: fix Tx flow on 30H HW
net/axgbe: fix connection for SFP+ active cables
net/axgbe: fix fluctuations for 1G Bel Fuse SFP
net/axgbe: fix linkup in PHY status
net/axgbe: reset link when link never comes back
net/axgbe: update DMA coherency values
net/bonding: fix failover time of LACP with mode 4
net/cnxk: fix RSS config
net/cnxk: fix extbuf handling for multisegment packet
net/cnxk: fix outbound security with higher packet burst
net/cnxk: fix promiscuous state after MAC change
net/cnxk: update SA userdata and keep original cookie
net/cpfl: add checks on control queue messages
net/cpfl: fix 32-bit build
net/dpaa: forbid MTU configuration for shared interface
net/e1000/base: fix link power down
net/ena: fix bad checksum handling
net/ena: fix checksum handling
net/ena: fix return value check
net/fm10k: fix cleanup during init failure
net/gve: fix RSS hash endianness in DQO format
net/gve: fix Tx queue state on queue start
net/hns3: check Rx DMA address alignmnent
net/hns3: disable SCTP verification tag for RSS hash input
net/hns3: fix Rx timestamp flag
net/hns3: fix double free for Rx/Tx queue
net/hns3: fix offload flag of IEEE 1588
net/hns3: fix uninitialized variable in FEC query
net/hns3: fix variable overflow
net/i40e: fix outer UDP checksum offload for X710
net/iavf: fix VF reset when using DCF
net/iavf: remove outer UDP checksum offload for X710 VF
net/ice/base: fix GCS descriptor field offsets
net/ice/base: fix board type definition
net/ice/base: fix check for existing switch rule
net/ice/base: fix masking when reading context
net/ice/base: fix memory leak in firmware version check
net/ice/base: fix pointer to variable outside scope
net/ice/base: fix potential TLV length overflow
net/ice/base: fix preparing PHY for timesync command
net/ice/base: fix resource leak
net/ice/base: fix return type of bitmap hamming weight
net/ice/base: fix sign extension
net/ice/base: fix size when allocating children arrays
net/ice/base: fix temporary failures reading NVM
net/ice: fix VLAN stripping in double VLAN mode
net/ice: fix check for outer UDP checksum offload
net/ice: fix memory leaks in raw pattern parsing
net/ice: fix return value for raw pattern parsing
net/ionic: fix mbuf double-free when emptying array
net/ixgbe/base: fix 5G link speed reported on VF
net/ixgbe/base: fix PHY ID for X550
net/ixgbe/base: revert advertising for X550 2.5G/5G
net/ixgbe: do not create delayed interrupt handler twice
net/ixgbe: do not update link status in secondary process
net/mana: fix uninitialized return value
net/mlx5/hws: add template match none flag
net/mlx5/hws: decrease log level for creation failure
net/mlx5/hws: extend tag saving for match and jumbo
net/mlx5/hws: fix action template dump
net/mlx5/hws: fix check of range templates
net/mlx5/hws: fix deletion of action vport
net/mlx5/hws: fix function comment
net/mlx5/hws: fix matcher reconnect
net/mlx5/hws: fix memory leak in modify header
net/mlx5/hws: fix port ID on root item convert
net/mlx5/hws: fix spinlock release on context open
net/mlx5/hws: remove unused variable
net/mlx5/hws: set default miss when replacing table
net/mlx5: break flow resource release loop
net/mlx5: fix Arm build with GCC 9.1
net/mlx5: fix MTU configuration
net/mlx5: fix access to flow template operations
net/mlx5: fix crash on counter pool destroy
net/mlx5: fix disabling E-Switch default flow rules
net/mlx5: fix end condition of reading xstats
net/mlx5: fix flow template indirect action failure
net/mlx5: fix hash Rx queue release in flow sample
net/mlx5: fix indexed pool with invalid index
net/mlx5: fix shared Rx queue data access race
net/mlx5: fix start without duplicate flow patterns
net/mlx5: fix uplink port probing in bonding mode
net/mlx5: support jump in meter hierarchy
net/netvsc: fix MTU set
net/netvsc: use ethdev API to set VF MTU
net/nfp: adapt reverse sequence card
net/nfp: disable ctrl VNIC queues on close
net/nfp: fix IPv6 TTL and DSCP flow action
net/nfp: fix allocation of switch domain
net/nfp: fix configuration BAR
net/nfp: fix dereference of null pointer
net/nfp: fix disabling 32-bit build
net/nfp: fix firmware abnormal cleanup
net/nfp: fix flow mask table entry
net/nfp: fix getting firmware version
net/nfp: fix repeat disable port
net/nfp: fix representor port queue release
net/nfp: fix resource leak in secondary process
net/nfp: fix xstats for multi PF firmware
net/nfp: forbid offload flow rules with empty action list
net/nfp: remove redundant function call
net/nfp: remove unneeded logic for VLAN layer
net/ngbe: add special config for YT8531SH-CA PHY
net/ngbe: fix MTU range
net/ngbe: fix hotplug remove
net/ngbe: fix memory leaks
net/ngbe: keep PHY power down while device probing
net/tap: fix file descriptor check in isolated flow
net/txgbe: fix MTU range
net/txgbe: fix Rx interrupt
net/txgbe: fix Tx hang on queue disable
net/txgbe: fix VF promiscuous and allmulticast
net/txgbe: fix flow filters in VT mode
net/txgbe: fix hotplug remove
net/txgbe: fix memory leaks
net/txgbe: fix tunnel packet parsing
net/txgbe: reconfigure more MAC Rx registers
net/txgbe: restrict configuration of VLAN strip offload
net/virtio-user: add memcpy check
net/virtio-user: fix control queue allocation
net/virtio-user: fix control queue allocation for non-vDPA
net/virtio-user: fix control queue destruction
net/virtio-user: fix shadow control queue notification init
net/virtio: fix MAC table update
net/vmxnet3: add missing register command
net/vmxnet3: fix init logs
net: fix outer UDP checksum in Intel prepare helper
pcapng: add memcpy check
power: fix number of uncore frequencies
telemetry: fix connection parameter parsing
telemetry: lower log level on socket error
test/crypto: fix RSA cases in QAT suite
test/crypto: fix allocation comment
test/crypto: fix asymmetric capability test
test/crypto: fix enqueue/dequeue callback case
test/crypto: fix modex comparison
test/crypto: remove unused stats in setup
test/crypto: validate modex from first non-zero
v23.11.2-rc1
vdpa/sfc: remove dead code
version: 23.11.2-rc2
vhost: cleanup resubmit info before inflight setup
vhost: fix build with GCC 13

1.7.2. 23.11.2 Validation

RedHat Testing:
- Test scenarios:
  VM with device assignment(PF) throughput testing(1G hugepage size)
  
  VM with device assignment(PF) throughput testing(2M hugepage size)
  
  VM with device assignment(VF) throughput testing
  
  PVP (host dpdk testpmd as vswitch) 1Q: throughput testing
  
  PVP vhost-user 2Q throughput testing
  
  PVP vhost-user 1Q - cross numa node throughput testing
  
  VM with vhost-user 2 queues throughput testing
  
  vhost-user reconnect with dpdk-client, qemu-server qemu reconnect
  
  vhost-user reconnect with dpdk-client, qemu-server ovs reconnect
  
  PVP reconnect with dpdk-client, qemu-server
  
  PVP 1Q live migration testing
  
  PVP 1Q cross numa node live migration testing
  
  VM with ovs+dpdk+vhost-user 1Q live migration testing
  
  VM with ovs+dpdk+vhost-user 1Q live migration testing (2M)
  
  VM with ovs+dpdk+vhost-user 2Q live migration testing
  
  VM with ovs+dpdk+vhost-user 4Q live migration testing
  
  Host PF + DPDK testing
  
  Host VF + DPDK testing
- Test Versions and device:
  RHEL 9.4
  
  qemu-kvm-8.2.0
  
  kernel 5.14
  
  libvirt 10.0
  
  openvswitch 3.3
  
  X540-AT2 NIC(ixgbe, 10G)
Nvidia(R) Testing:
- Test scenarios:
  Send and receive multiple types of traffic.
  
  testpmd xstats counter test.
  
  testpmd timestamp test.
  
  Changing/checking link status through testpmd.
  
  rte_flow tests (https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/nics/mlx5.html#supported-hardware-offloads)
  
  RSS tests.
  
  VLAN filtering, stripping, and insertion tests.
  
  Checksum and TSO tests.
  
  ptype tests.
  
  link_status_interrupt example application tests.
  
  l3fwd-power example application tests.
  
  Multi-process example applications tests.
  
  Hardware LRO tests.
  
  Buffer Split tests.
  
  Tx scheduling tests.
- Test platform:
  NIC: ConnectX-6 Dx / OS: Ubuntu 20.04 / Driver: MLNX_OFED_LINUX-24.07-0.6.1.0 / Firmware: 22.42.1000
  
  NIC: ConnectX-7 / OS: Ubuntu 20.04 / Driver: MLNX_OFED_LINUX-24.07-0.6.1.0 / Firmware: 28.42.1000
  
  DPU: BlueField-2 / DOCA SW version: 2.8.0 / Firmware: 24.42.1000
- OS/driver combinations:
  Debian 12 with MLNX_OFED_LINUX-24.04-0.7.0.0.
  
  Ubuntu 20.04.6 with MLNX_OFED_LINUX-24.07-0.6.1.0.
  
  Ubuntu 20.04.6 with rdma-core master (dd9c687).
  
  Ubuntu 20.04.6 with rdma-core v28.0.
  
  Fedora 40 with rdma-core v48.0.
  
  Fedora 42 (Rawhide) with rdma-core v51.0.
  
  OpenSUSE Leap 15.6 with rdma-core v49.1.
Intel(R) Testing:
- Basic NIC testing
  Build & CFLAG compile: cover the build test combination with latest GCC/Clang version and the popular OS revision such as Ubuntu23.10, Ubuntu22.04, Fedora39, RHEL8.9, RHEL9.2, FreeBSD14.0, SUSE15, CentOS7.9, openEuler22.03-SP2，OpenAnolis8.8 etc.
  
  PF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
  
  VF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including VF-RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
  
  PF/VF(ice): test scenarios including Switch features/Package Management/Flow Director/Advanced Tx/Advanced RSS/ACL/DCF/Flexible Descriptor, etc.
  
  Intel NIC single core/NIC performance: test scenarios including PF/VF single core performance test, etc.
  
  IPsec: test scenarios including ipsec/ipsec-gw/ipsec library basic test - QAT&SW/FIB library, etc.
- Basic cryptodev and virtio testing
  Virtio: both function and performance test are covered. Such as PVP/Virtio_loopback/virtio-user loopback/virtio-net VM2VM perf testing/VMAWARE ESXI 8.0, etc.
  
  Cryptodev Function test: Cryptodev API testing/CompressDev ISA-L/QAT/ZLIB PMD Testing/FIPS, etc.
  
  Cryptodev Performance test: test scenarios including Thoughput Performance/Cryptodev Latency, etc.

1.7.3. 23.11.2 Known Issues

Start dpdk-pdump in VM with virtio-0.95 protocol failed

Fix available in upstream.
Failed to add vdev when launch dpdk-pdump with vdev secondary process

Fix available in upstream.

1.8. 23.11.3 Release Notes

1.8.1. 23.11.3 Fixes

23.11.3-rc1
Revert “test/bonding: fix loop on members”
app/dumpcap: fix handling of jumbo frames
app/dumpcap: remove unused struct array
app/procinfo: fix leak on exit
app/testpmd: avoid potential outside of array reference
app/testpmd: fix aged flow destroy
app/testpmd: remove flex item init command leftover
app/testpmd: remove redundant policy action condition
app/testpmd: remove unnecessary cast
baseband/acc: fix access to deallocated mem
baseband/acc: fix ring memory allocation
baseband/acc: fix soft output bypass RM
baseband/la12xx: fix use after free in modem config
bpf: fix free function mismatch if convert fails
build: remove version check on compiler links function
bus/dpaa: fix PFDRs leaks due to FQRNIs
bus/dpaa: fix VSP for 1G fm1-mac9 and 10
bus/dpaa: fix lock condition during error handling
bus/dpaa: fix the fman details status
bus/fslmc: fix Coverity warnings in QBMAN
bus/vdev: revert fix devargs in secondary process
common/cnxk: fix CPT HW word size for outbound SA
common/cnxk: fix IRQ reconfiguration
common/cnxk: fix MAC address change with active VF
common/cnxk: fix base log level
common/cnxk: fix build on Ubuntu 24.04
common/cnxk: fix double free of flow aging resources
common/cnxk: fix inline CTX write
common/dpaax/caamflib: enable fallthrough warnings
common/dpaax/caamflib: fix PDCP SNOW-ZUC watchdog
common/idpf: fix AVX-512 pointer copy on 32-bit
common/idpf: fix use after free in mailbox init
common/mlx5: fix error CQE handling for 128 bytes CQE
common/mlx5: fix misalignment
common/qat: fix use after free in device probe
crypto/bcmfs: fix free function mismatch
crypto/dpaa2_sec: fix memory leak
crypto/openssl: fix 3DES-CTR with big endian CPUs
crypto/openssl: fix potential string overflow
crypto/qat: fix ECDSA session handling
crypto/qat: fix modexp/inv length
crypto/scheduler: fix session size computation
dev: fix callback lookup when unregistering device
devtools: fix check of multiple commits fixed at once
dma/idxd: fix free function mismatch in device probe
dmadev: fix potential null pointer access
doc: correct definition of stats per queue feature
drivers: remove redundant newline from logs
eal/unix: optimize thread creation
eal/x86: fix 32-bit write combining store
ethdev: fix overflow in descriptor count
ethdev: verify queue ID in Tx done cleanup
event/cnxk: fix OOP handling in event mode
event/cnxk: fix Rx timestamp handling
event/cnxk: fix free function mismatch in port config
event/octeontx: fix possible integer overflow
eventdev: fix possible array underflow/overflow
examples/eventdev: fix queue crash with generic pipeline
examples/ipsec-secgw: fix dequeue count from cryptodev
examples/l2fwd-event: fix spinlock handling
examples/l3fwd-power: fix options parsing overflow
examples/l3fwd: fix read beyond boundaries
examples/ntb: check info query return
examples/vhost: fix free function mismatch
fib6: add runtime checks in AVX512 lookup
fib: fix AVX512 lookup
hash: fix thash LFSR initialization
log: remove per line log helper
member: fix choice of bucket for displacement
ml/cnxk: fix handling of TVM model I/O
net/bnx2x: fix always true expression
net/bnx2x: fix duplicate branch
net/bnx2x: fix possible infinite loop at startup
net/bnx2x: remove dead conditional
net/bnxt/tf_core: fix TCAM manager data corruption
net/bnxt/tf_core: fix Thor TF EM key size check
net/bnxt/tf_core: fix WC TCAM multi-slice delete
net/bnxt/tf_core: fix slice count in case of HA entry move
net/bnxt: fix TCP and UDP checksum flags
net/bnxt: fix bad action offset in Tx BD
net/bnxt: fix reading SFF-8436 SFP EEPROMs
net/cnxk: fix OOP handling for inbound packets
net/cnxk: fix Rx offloads to handle timestamp
net/cnxk: fix Rx timestamp handling for VF
net/cnxk: fix build on Ubuntu 24.04
net/cnxk: fix use after free in mempool create
net/cpfl: add checks for flow action types
net/cpfl: fix forwarding to physical port
net/cpfl: fix invalid free in JSON parser
net/cpfl: fix parsing protocol ID mask field
net/dpaa2: fix memory corruption in TM
net/dpaa2: remove unnecessary check for null before free
net/dpaa: fix reallocate mbuf handling
net/dpaa: fix typecasting channel ID
net/e1000/base: fix fallthrough in switch
net/e1000: fix link status crash in secondary process
net/e1000: fix use after free in filter flush
net/ena: revert redefining memcpy
net/gve/base: fix build with Fedora Rawhide
net/gve: add IO memory barriers before reading descriptors
net/gve: always attempt Rx refill on DQ
net/gve: fix Tx for chained mbuf
net/gve: fix mbuf allocation memory leak for DQ Rx
net/gve: fix queue setup and stop
net/gve: fix refill logic causing memory corruption
net/hns3: fix dump counter of registers
net/hns3: fix error code for repeatedly create counter
net/hns3: fix fully use hardware flow director table
net/hns3: register VLAN flow match mode parameter
net/hns3: remove ROH devices
net/hns3: remove some basic address dump
net/hns3: restrict tunnel flow rule to one header
net/hns3: verify reset type from firmware
net/i40e/base: add missing X710TL device check
net/i40e/base: fix DDP loading with reserved track ID
net/i40e/base: fix blinking X722 with X557 PHY
net/i40e/base: fix loop bounds
net/i40e/base: fix misleading debug logs and comments
net/i40e/base: fix repeated register dumps
net/i40e/base: fix setting flags in init function
net/i40e/base: fix unchecked return value
net/i40e: check register read for outer VLAN
net/i40e: fix AVX-512 pointer copy on 32-bit
net/iavf: add segment-length check to Tx prep
net/iavf: delay VF reset command
net/iavf: fix AVX-512 pointer copy on 32-bit
net/iavf: fix crash when link is unstable
net/iavf: preserve MAC address with i40e PF Linux driver
net/ice/base: add bounds check
net/ice/base: fix VLAN replay after reset
net/ice/base: fix iteration of TLVs in Preserved Fields Area
net/ice/base: fix link speed for 200G
net/ice: detect stopping a flow director queue twice
net/ice: fix AVX-512 pointer copy on 32-bit
net/igc: fix Rx buffers when timestamping enabled
net/ionic: fix build with Fedora Rawhide
net/ixgbe/base: fix unchecked return value
net/ixgbe: fix link status delay on FreeBSD
net/mana: support rdma-core via pkg-config
net/memif: fix buffer overflow in zero copy Rx
net/mlx5/hws: fix allocation of STCs
net/mlx5/hws: fix flex item as tunnel header
net/mlx5/hws: fix range definer error recovery
net/mlx5: add flex item query for tunnel mode
net/mlx5: fix GRE flow item translation for root table
net/mlx5: fix Rx queue control management
net/mlx5: fix Rx queue reference count in flushing flows
net/mlx5: fix SQ flow item size
net/mlx5: fix SWS meter state initialization
net/mlx5: fix Tx tracing to use single clock source
net/mlx5: fix counter query loop getting stuck
net/mlx5: fix default RSS flows creation order
net/mlx5: fix flex item header length field translation
net/mlx5: fix flex item tunnel mode
net/mlx5: fix indirect list flow action callback invocation
net/mlx5: fix memory leak in metering
net/mlx5: fix miniCQEs number calculation
net/mlx5: fix next protocol validation after flex item
net/mlx5: fix non full word sample fields in flex item
net/mlx5: fix non-template flow action validation
net/mlx5: fix number of supported flex parsers
net/mlx5: fix real time counter reading from PCI BAR
net/mlx5: fix reported Rx/Tx descriptor limits
net/mlx5: fix shared Rx queue control release
net/mlx5: fix shared queue port number in vector Rx
net/mlx5: fix trace script for multiple burst completion
net/mlx5: workaround list management of Rx queue control
net/mvneta: fix possible out-of-bounds write
net/netvsc: fix using Tx queue higher than Rx queues
net/netvsc: force Tx VLAN offload on 801.2Q packet
net/nfb: fix use after free
net/nfp: do not set IPv6 flag in transport mode
net/nfp: fix double free in flow destroy
net/nfp: fix link change return value
net/nfp: fix pause frame setting check
net/nfp: fix representor port link status update
net/nfp: fix type declaration of some variables
net/nfp: notify flower firmware about PF speed
net/ngbe: fix driver load bit to inform firmware
net/ngbe: fix interrupt lost in legacy or MSI mode
net/ngbe: reconfigure more MAC Rx registers
net/ngbe: restrict configuration of VLAN strip offload
net/pcap: fix blocking Rx
net/pcap: set live interface as non-blocking
net/sfc: fix use after free in debug logs
net/tap: avoid memcpy with null argument
net/tap: restrict maximum number of MP FDs
net/txgbe: fix SWFW mbox
net/txgbe: fix VF-PF mbox interrupt
net/txgbe: fix a mass of interrupts
net/txgbe: fix driver load bit to inform firmware
net/txgbe: remove outer UDP checksum capability
net/virtio-user: reset used index counter
net/virtio: fix Rx checksum calculation
net/vmxnet3: fix crash after configuration failure
net/vmxnet3: fix potential out of bounds stats access
net/vmxnet3: support larger MTU with version 6
pcapng: avoid potential unaligned data
pcapng: fix handling of chained mbufs
power: enable CPPC
power: fix log message when checking lcore ID
power: fix mapped lcore ID
raw/ifpga/base: fix use after free
raw/ifpga: fix free function mismatch in interrupt config
rcu: fix implicit conversion in bit shift
test/bonding: fix MAC address comparison
test/bonding: fix loop on members
test/bonding: remove redundant info query
test/crypto: fix synchronous API calls
test/eal: fix lcore check
test/eal: fix loop coverage for alignment macros
test/event: avoid duplicate initialization
test/event: fix schedule type
test/event: fix target event queue
test/security: fix IPv6 extension loop
vdpa/nfp: fix hardware initialization
vdpa/nfp: fix reconfiguration
vdpa: update used flags in used ring relay
version: 23.11.3-rc1
vhost: fix deadlock in Rx async path
vhost: fix offset while mapping log base address
vhost: restrict set max queue pair API to VDUSE

1.8.2. 23.11.3 Validation

RedHat Testing:
- Test scenarios:
  VM with device assignment(PF) throughput testing(1G hugepage size)
  
  VM with device assignment(PF) throughput testing(2M hugepage size)
  
  VM with device assignment(VF) throughput testing
  
  PVP (host dpdk testpmd as vswitch) 1Q: throughput testing
  
  PVP vhost-user 2Q throughput testing
  
  PVP vhost-user 1Q - cross numa node throughput testing
  
  VM with vhost-user 2 queues throughput testing
  
  vhost-user reconnect with dpdk-client, qemu-server(qemu reconnect)
  
  vhost-user reconnect with dpdk-client, qemu-server(ovs reconnect)
  
  PVP reconnect with dpdk-client, qemu-server
  
  PVP 1Q live migration testing
  
  PVP 1Q cross numa node live migration testing
  
  VM with ovs+dpdk+vhost-user 1Q live migration testing
  
  VM with ovs+dpdk+vhost-user 1Q live migration testing (2M)
  
  VM with ovs+dpdk+vhost-user 2Q live migration testing
  
  VM with ovs+dpdk+vhost-user 4Q live migration testing
  
  Host PF + DPDK testing
  
  Host VF + DPDK testing
- Test Versions and device:
  RHEL 9.4
  
  qemu-kvm-8.2.0
  
  kernel 5.14
  
  libvirt 10.0
  
  openvswitch 3.1
  
  X540-AT2 NIC(ixgbe, 10G)
Nvidia(R) Testing:
- Test scenarios:
  Send and receive multiple types of traffic.
  
  testpmd xstats counter test.
  
  testpmd timestamp test.
  
  Changing/checking link status through testpmd.
  
  rte_flow tests (https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/nics/mlx5.html#supported-hardware-offloads)
  
  RSS tests.
  
  VLAN filtering, stripping, and insertion tests.
  
  Checksum and TSO tests.
  
  ptype tests.
  
  link_status_interrupt example application tests.
  
  l3fwd-power example application tests.
  
  Multi-process example applications tests.
  
  Hardware LRO tests.
  
  Buffer Split tests.
  
  Tx scheduling tests.
- Test platform:
  NIC: ConnectX-6 Dx / OS: Ubuntu 22.04 / Driver: MLNX_OFED_LINUX-24.10-1.1.4.0 / Firmware: 22.43.2026
  
  NIC: ConnectX-7 / OS: Ubuntu 22.04 / Driver: MLNX_OFED_LINUX-24.10-1.1.4.0 / Firmware: 28.43.2026
  
  DPU: BlueField-2 / DOCA SW version: 2.9.1 / Firmware: 24.43.2026
- OS/driver combinations:
  Debian 12 with MLNX_OFED_LINUX-24.10-1.1.4.0.
  
  Ubuntu 22.04 with MLNX_OFED_LINUX-24.10-1.1.4.0.
  
  Ubuntu 24.04 with MLNX_OFED_LINUX-24.10-1.1.4.0.
  
  Ubuntu 24.04 with rdma-core v50.0.
  
  Fedora 40 with rdma-core v48.0.
  
  Fedora 42 (Rawhide) with rdma-core v51.0.
  
  OpenSUSE Leap 15.6 with rdma-core v49.1.
Intel(R) Testing:
- Basic NIC testing
  Build & CFLAG compile: cover the build test combination with latest GCC/Clang version and the popular OS revision such as Ubuntu24.10, Ubuntu22.04, Fedora40, RHEL8.10, RHEL9.4, FreeBSD14.1, SUSE15, openEuler22.03-SP2, OpenAnolis8.9 etc.
  
  PF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
  
  VF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including VF-RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
  
  PF/VF(ice): test scenarios including Switch features/Package Management/Flow Director/Advanced Tx/Advanced RSS/ACL/DCF/Flexible Descriptor, etc.
  
  Intel NIC single core/NIC performance: test scenarios including PF/VF single core performance test, etc.
  
  IPsec: test scenarios including ipsec/ipsec-gw/ipsec library basic test - QAT&SW/FIB library, etc.
- Basic cryptodev and virtio testing
  Virtio: both function and performance test are covered. Such as PVP/Virtio_loopback/virtio-user loopback/virtio-net VM2VM perf testing/VMAWARE ESXI 8.0, etc.
  
  Cryptodev Function test: Cryptodev API testing/CompressDev ISA-L/QAT/ZLIB PMD Testing/FIPS, etc.
  
  Cryptodev Performance test: test scenarios including Throughput Performance/Cryptodev Latency, etc.

1.8.3. 23.11.3 Known Issues

Start dpdk-pdump in VM with virtio-0.95 protocol failed

Fix available in upstream.
Failed to add vdev when launch dpdk-pdump with vdev secondary process

Fix available in upstream.