report: update to rls notes and add methodology sections TODO placeholders

[csit.git] / docs / report / dpdk_performance_tests / csit_release_notes.rst

diff --git a/docs/report/dpdk_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst b/docs/report/dpdk_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst
index ceacd89..2f88519 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/report/dpdk_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst
+++ b/docs/report/dpdk_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst
@@ -4,16 +4,14 @@ Release Notes
 Changes in |csit-release|
 -------------------------
 
-#. DPDK PERFORMANCE TESTS
+#. TEST FRAMEWORK
 
-   - Refactor of CSIT initialization helper scripts for DPDK testpmd
-     and l3fwd. Removing obsolete parameters from DPDK testpmd and l3fwd
-     command line.
+   - **Upgrade to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS**: Re-installed base operating system
+     to Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS. Upgrade included also baseline Docker
+     containers used for spawning topology.
 
-   - Fixed 9000B L2 packet size tests not passing for all NICs.
-
-   - Fixed DPDK compilation and test initialization of Mellanox NICs using
-     CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_PMD=y in compile configuration.
+   - **CSIT test environment** version has been updated to ver. 7, see
+     :ref:`test_environment_versioning`.
 
 #. DPDK RELEASE VERSION CHANGE
 
@@ -26,9 +24,9 @@ Known Issues
 
 List of known issues in |csit-release| for DPDK performance tests:
 
-+----+------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| #  | JiraID                                   | Issue Description                                                                                        |
-+====+==========================================+==========================================================================================================+
-| 1  | `CSIT-1701                               | DPDK L3fwd tests with 9000B L2 packet size are not passing with Mellanox NICs.                           |
-|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1701>`_  | L3fwd application does not accept parameter for increasing -mbuf-size in same way DPDK testpmd does.     |
-+----+------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| #  | JiraID                                  | Issue Description                                                                                         |
++====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+
+|  1 | `CSIT-1762                              | TRex reports link DOWN in case of dpdk testpmd tests on FD.io CSIT Denverton systems (2n-dnv and 3n-dnv). |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1762>`_ |                                                                                                           |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+