fix(report): update the text part of release notes
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@@ -8,44 +8,18 @@ Changes in |csit-release|
 
 #. VPP PERFORMANCE TESTS
 
-   - **Regressions with DPDK drivers**: Change from DPDK v21.08 to DPDK
-     v21.11 introduced regression across all tests using dpdk
-     drivers (with dpdk_plugin loaded). Compared to previous VPP
-     release performance drop varies in the range of -15% to -6%,
-     depending on test. It is related to updated MTU checks within
-     DPDK code and associated VPP code changes. See
-     `VPP v2202 release notes <https://s3-docs.fd.io/vpp/22.02/aboutvpp/releasenotes/v22.02.html>`_
-     and :ref:`vpp_known_issues`.
-
-   - **Number of CSIT 9000B frame tests failing**: tests with higher
-     encapsulation overhead are failing due to exceeding default
-     Ethernet Maximum Frame Size value that has been reduced by MTU
-     related VPP code changes. See
-     `VPP v2202 release notes <https://s3-docs.fd.io/vpp/22.02/aboutvpp/releasenotes/v22.02.html>`_
-     and :ref:`vpp_known_issues`.
-
-   - **Intel Xeon Ice Lake**: Performance test data for these platforms
-     is now provided by testbeds newly installed in FD.io CSIT labs.
-     For details about the physical setup see
-     :ref:`physical_testbeds_2n_icx` and
-     :ref:`physical_testbeds_3n_icx`.
-
-   - **Arm Ampere Altra**: Performance test data for these platforms
-     is now provided by testbeds newly installed in FD.io CSIT labs.
-     For details about the physical setup see
-     :ref:`physical_testbeds_3n_alt`.
-
    - **Reduction of tests**: Removed certain test variations executed
      iteratively for the report (as well as in daily and weekly
      trending) due to physical testbeds overload.
 
-   - **RC2 coverage test data is used for 2n-icx test bed**: There is only
-     one 2n-icx test bed and the amount of tests is large (same as 2n-skx with 4
-     test beds), so we decided to use test data already available from RC2
-     testing.
-
 #. TEST FRAMEWORK
 
+   - **Removed ASTF PPS tests**: They provide no real benefit
+     compared to TPUT tests. The ip4base variants renamed to TPUT.
+
+   - **Changed TCP TPUT profiles**: The previous ones were found to be faulty.
+     The new ones do not use bursts of packets to avoid CSIT-1830 and CSIT-1846.
+
    - **CSIT test environment** version has been updated to ver. 10, see
      :ref:`test_environment_versioning`.
 
@@ -94,6 +68,9 @@ ___
 |  6 | `CSIT-1847                              | 2n-skx: all 10vm-1t test failed with half of packets dropped.                                             |
 |    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1847>`_ |                                                                                                           |
 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+|  7 | `CSIT-1849                              | 2n-skx: UDP 16m tput tests fail to create all sessions.                                                   |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1849>`_ |                                                                                                           |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 
 Previous
 ________
@@ -115,7 +92,7 @@ Issues reported in previous releases which still affect the current results.
 |  4 | `CSIT-1803                              | 3n-icx testbeds (Icelake): all IMIX aes128cbc-hmac512sha tests are failing due to excessive packet loss.  |
 |    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1803>`_ |                                                                                                           |
 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-|  5 | `CSIT-1804                              | 3n-tsh testbed (Taishan): NDR tests failing from time to time.                                            |
+|  5 | `CSIT-1804                              | 3n-tsh, 3n-alt testbed (Taishan, Altra): NDR tests failing from time to time.                             |
 |    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1804>`_ |                                                                                                           |
 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 |  6 | `CSIT-1812                              | All IMIX NAT44DET 4m 16m scale tests fail due to not creating required session count.                     |
@@ -167,35 +144,29 @@ Issues reported in previous releases which were fixed in this release:
 |    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1791>`_ | Two symptoms: 1. 10-20% regression across most tests. 2. DUT performance cap just below 38 Mpps.          |
 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 
+.. _vpp_rca:
+
 Root Cause Analysis for Performance Changes
 -------------------------------------------
 
 List of RCAs in |csit-release| for VPP performance changes:
 
-+----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
-|  # | JiraID                                  | Issue Description                                            |
-+====+=========================================+==============================================================+
-|  1 | `CSIT-1814                              | rls2202 regression: NAT44ED CPS larger scales.               |
-|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1814>`_ |                                                              |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
-|  2 | `CSIT-1815                              | rls2202 regression: l2bdbasemaclrn around 2021-11-11.        |
-|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1815>`_ |                                                              |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
-|  3 | `CSIT-1816                              | rls2202 regression: l2-input.                                |
-|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1816>`_ |                                                              |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
-|  4 | `CSIT-1820                              | rls2202 regression: tx2 ip6base at dpdk upgrade.             |
-|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1820>`_ |                                                              |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
-|  5 | `CSIT-1821                              | rls2202 regression: tx2 ip6base before dpdk upgrade.         |
-|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1821>`_ |                                                              |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
-|  6 | `CSIT-1822                              | rls2202 regression: avf-ip4base around 2022-01-06.           |
-|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1822>`_ |                                                              |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
-|  7 | `CSIT-1823                              | rls2202 regression: vxlan-l2xcbase on tsh around 2022-01-07. |
-|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1823>`_ |                                                              |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
-|  8 | `CSIT-1824                              | rls2202 regression: SRv6.                                    |
-|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1824>`_ |                                                              |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
++----+-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+|  # | JiraID                                  | Issue Description                                                                   |
++====+=========================================+=====================================================================================+
+|  1 | `CSIT-1851                              | trending regression: various icelake tests around 2202-04-15                        |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1851>`_ | Somewhat expected consequence of a VPP usability fix,                               |
+|    |                                         | the previous VPP compiler version was too new for the OS used.                      |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+|  2 | `VPP-2030                               | regression: ip6base on ICX around 2022-03-23                                        |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-2030>`_  | "Loads blocked due to overlapping with a preceding store that cannot be forwarded." |
+|    |                                         | started happening in ip6-lookup graph node.                                         |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+|  3 | `CSIT-1852                              | 2n-zn2 mellanox performance cap                                                     |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1852>`_ | Old issue, only now distinguished from CSIT-1751.                                   |
+|    |                                         | This testbed+nic combination is capped below 28 Mpps, cause not identified yet.     |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+|  4 | `CSIT-1853                              | trending regression: nat44ed cps around 2202-04-01                                  |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1853>`_ | VPP change added more computation to slow path (in order to support multiple VRFs). |
+|    |                                         | Not clear if the VPP implementation is optimized enough.                            |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+