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#fdio-vpp: fdio-vpp
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Meeting started by DaveBarach at 16:03:12 UTC.  The full logs are
available at
http://ircbot.wl.linuxfoundation.org/meetings/fdio-vpp/2021/fdio_vpp/fdio-vpp-fdio_vpp.2021-01-12-16.03.log.html
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Meeting summary
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* AMD benchmark results published in maintenance version of csit-2009,
  see my announce email on 23-Dec  (mackonstan, 16:03:53)
* Benchmark test additions/updates in csit-2101: nat44ed astf throughput
  tests, ip6 with rnd flows, ip6 latency (re-added), gso, geneve
  (mackonstan, 16:04:58)
* New Arm testbed types: performance thunderx2 2n-tx2, device-functional
  thunderx2 1n-tx2  (mackonstan, 16:05:05)
* vpp v21.01 rc1 csit test dry runs completed, some snafus with testing
  vpp v20.09 in updated csit-2101 environment, but all resolved
  (mackonstan, 16:05:26)
* draft version of csit-2101 report already online, incl. early versions
  of comparison tables  (mackonstan, 16:05:41)
* LINK: https://docs.fd.io/csit/master/report/  (mackonstan, 16:05:49)
* LINK:
  https://docs.fd.io/csit/master/report/_static/vpp/performance-changes-2n-clx-xxv710-2t1c-pdr.txt
  (mackonstan, 16:05:56)
* csit-2101 rc2 tomorrow, report publish target date 10-Feb, see
  timeline link  (mackonstan, 16:06:10)
* LINK: https://wiki.fd.io/view/CSIT/csit2101_plan  (mackonstan,
  16:06:16)
* FYI we will be moving and consolidating physical Vexxhost DCs Feb-Mar,
  incl. Nomad build machines and all CSIT testbeds, should be
  transparent to FD.io operations  (mackonstan, 16:06:37)
* The actual move stages and timeline will be posted on wiki, in the
  meantime are captured in csit gerrit 30662  (mackonstan, 16:06:55)
* LINK: https://gerrit.fd.io/r/c/csit/+/30662  (mackonstan, 16:07:03)
* And we will be moving to ubuntu 20.04 post 2101  (mackonstan,
  16:07:11)
* Host Stack (Florin)  (DaveBarach, 16:08:31)
  * session layer refactor to avoid MAP_FIXED memory segment mappings
    (DaveBarach, 16:09:05)
  * fifos, message queues now use base+offset vs. hard pointers
    (DaveBarach, 16:09:45)
  * should be transparent for vcl apps, also builtin apps  (DaveBarach,
    16:10:14)
  * only victims would be raw API consumers. Changes only in master, not
    likely to be backported to 21.01  (DaveBarach, 16:11:11)
  * let Florin know if something breaks. (:-).  (DaveBarach, 16:11:42)
  * TLS, like quicc, depends on cert/key storage maintained in infra
    (DaveBarach, 16:12:33)
  * DTLS almost done. Looking at adding SRTP  (DaveBarach, 16:13:07)

* Documentation (Ole)  (DaveBarach, 16:13:37)
  * no doc update  (DaveBarach, 16:13:56)

* Release Management (Andrew, DaveW)  (DaveBarach, 16:14:07)
  * RC2 tag tomorrow  (DaveBarach, 16:14:17)
  * formal release on the 27th, hope to avoid near-immediate dot release
    (DaveBarach, 16:15:01)
  * 20.09.1 Maintenance Release to be scheduled after 21.01 CSIT Report
    Publish + 1 week #fdio-vpp  (dwallacelf, 16:15:11)
  * 19.08 jobs now removed  (DaveBarach, 16:15:38)
  * tomorrow's deadline: noon GMT  (DaveBarach, 16:15:59)
  * Debian 9 jobs have not been removed yet. Any reason to hold off
    removal any longer?  (DaveBarach, 16:16:48)
  * AGREED: will remove Deb-9 jobs in the next week. Remove from master,
    21.01.  (DaveBarach, 16:17:29)

* Infra (Dave W)  (DaveBarach, 16:17:56)
  * stable since LF removed unsupported plugins  (DaveBarach, 16:18:06)
  * no more changes to LF CI infra until 21.01 is complete  (DaveBarach,
    16:18:28)
  * after CSIT report published, a few improvements scheduled from the
    LF side  (DaveBarach, 16:19:05)
  * LINK: https://gerrit.fd.io/r/c/ci-management/+/30100  (dwallacelf,
    16:19:45)
  * Jenkins config now source-controlled in gerrit.  (DaveBarach,
    16:19:46)
  * CI / docker images modified to use LF tools, mandatory to eventually
    move to Amazon S3 infra  (DaveBarach, 16:20:23)
  * snergster images be gone  (DaveBarach, 16:20:35)
  * thanks to peter, andrew, we have backup log storage on the Nomad
    cluster  (DaveBarach, 16:21:49)
  * DaveB mentions Jenkins job failure summary database. Low priority,
    on DaveW's queue  (DaveBarach, 16:25:22)
  * eventually switch to a lower-cost Vexxhost instance to run Jenkins
    (DaveBarach, 16:25:56)
  * adding more automated Nomad monitoring tools  (DaveBarach, 16:26:23)
  * Vexxhost data center move will reduce capacity for a period of time
    (DaveBarach, 16:26:49)
  * verify jobs can move to 20.04, need to make sure that docker images
    actually work  (DaveBarach, 16:34:35)
  * ACTION: DaveW to push patch to switch verify to Ubuntu 2.04
    (DaveBarach, 16:35:27)



Meeting ended at 16:41:25 UTC.



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