#fdio-meeting: FD.io CSIT Project Meeting

Meeting started by mackonstan at 14:07:31 UTC (full logs).

Meeting summary

    1. Juraj Linkeš (jlinkes, 14:09:07)
    2. Vratko Polak. (vrpolak, 14:09:23)

  1. Agenda bashing (mackonstan, 14:09:28)
  2. Project updates - VPP (mackonstan, 14:10:09)
    1. Andrew - vpp v23.10 schedule published - to be reviewed on the next vpp-dev call (mackonstan, 14:11:51)
    2. https://wiki.fd.io/view/Projects/vpp/Release_Plans/Release_Plan_23.10#Release_Milestones (mackonstan, 14:11:56)
    3. rc1 2023-09-20; rc2 2023-10-11 (RC1+21); formal release 2023-10-25 (RC2+14) (mackonstan, 14:12:35)
    4. Andrew - asking Kai to connect 1-1 to discuss continuous tracking of dpdk integration with vpp (mackonstan, 14:15:12)
    5. Kai - agree. Already working on bumping dpdk version patch to dpdk v23.07. ETA mid August. (mackonstan, 14:18:35)

  3. Project updates - TSC (mackonstan, 14:18:49)
    1. Maciek - presented new look of CSIT rls report based on csit.fd.io dashboard. good feedback, recommendation from TSC to use LFN FD.io webinar to present to wider community. (mackonstan, 14:21:04)

  4. New or refactored (mackonstan, 14:21:48)
    1. Kai - E810 flow "offload" tests - in backlog. Team from PRC (Yulong, Marvin) re-allocated to other tasks, working on onboarding a new team. (mackonstan, 14:23:00)

  5. VPP and CSIT (not so hot) items (mackonstan, 14:23:15)
    1. Kai - SPR QAT2.0 - Peter has addressed init issues: QAT bind under CSIT has been fixed; QAT installation dependency has been fixed; QAT code to initialize cryptohw in CSIT has been fixed. (mackonstan, 14:25:09)
    2. Peter - tests are initializing okay but tests are failing, packets dropped on VPP " esp4-encrypt-tun: crypto engine error (packet dropped)" (mackonstan, 14:26:47)
    3. Kai - looking into that. (mackonstan, 14:27:07)
    4. Kai - re SPR DSA - still waiting for formal bios rls from supermicro (v1.3 or v1.4) - soon be available soon. Once available, will test it with Georgii to verify all works, before confirming back to CSIT team. (mackonstan, 14:28:13)
    5. Peter - SNR QAT2.0 - still having issues with initializing driver. Driver missing after installing QAT bundle (not loading, or missing, PCI binding failing). (mackonstan, 14:29:31)
    6. Kai - may need a debug session with Peter. Tomorrow works. (mackonstan, 14:30:21)
    7. Peter - e810 gtpu - failed to initialize gtpu offload on e810. (mackonstan, 14:30:58)

  6. Previous Release 23.06 (mackonstan, 14:34:04)
    1. Tibor - all testing done. (mackonstan, 14:34:36)
    2. Vratko - RCAs - no updates on identified issues. Need to complete description on which testbeds issues happen. Still working through coverage tests - so far no updates. (mackonstan, 14:35:42)

  7. Next Release 23.10 (mackonstan, 14:36:11)
    1. Maciek - dpdk ver bumping confirmed by Kai - see note above. (mackonstan, 14:36:27)
    2. Maciek - will update CSIT 23.10 wiki with CSIT rls dates aligned with vpp rls schedule per update from Andrew - see note above. (mackonstan, 14:37:04)

  8. Physical Infrastructure (mackonstan, 14:37:35)
    1. Peter - re outstanding SPR SM motherboard RMA - vexxhost ticket got updated by Vexxhost - shipment is imminent, but no ETA specified. (mackonstan, 14:38:50)

  9. VPP API tracking (mackonstan, 14:39:50)
    1. Vratko - Andrew contributed a set of patches (5-6) bumping api msg versions to move to production. but waiting for Dave W to trigger last call for reviews from vpp-dev, and then merge. ETA next week or two. (mackonstan, 14:41:26)

  10. Trending and Test Failures (mackonstan, 14:41:40)
    1. Vratko - some new failures, e.g. ipsec sw async tests, emailed vpp-dev (csit-dev on cc:) (mackonstan, 14:42:31)
    2. https://wiki.fd.io/view/CSIT/TestFailuresTracking (mackonstan, 14:42:52)
    3. see item 3.1.1.1 in above (mackonstan, 14:43:12)
    4. looks like vpp issue (mackonstan, 14:43:39)
    5. CSIT-1928 (mackonstan, 14:44:09)
    6. Kai - will update re team picking up the ipsec sw (and hw) async tests (mackonstan, 14:45:08)
    7. Vratko - another set of tests failing with TRex ASTF and NAT44ed UDP only, not TCP; suspecting TRex ASTF code. (mackonstan, 14:46:52)
    8. Vratko - two issues fixed - 4.1 and 4.2 in the wiki link above. (mackonstan, 14:48:16)

  11. Analytics, Presentation. (mackonstan, 14:48:53)
    1. Tibor - few bug fixes in csit.fd.io dashboard (mackonstan, 14:49:13)
    2. Tibor - updating python libraries versions and requirements - usual "hygiene" after rls. Peter: need to update code for json data models (unavoidable). (mackonstan, 14:50:59)


Meeting ended at 14:52:06 UTC (full logs).

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