Release 16.07 Roadmap

The Intel  roadmap for the 16.07 release, which is targeted for release in July, was  recently published on dpdk.org. The main features that are targeted for this  release are: Virtualization  Enhancements:  Vhost/Virtio Performance Loopback Utility, Virtio Code Refactoring for Rx/TX  Split, Virtio Descriptor Index Update. Virtio  in Containers:  Support will be added for virtio in containers (see http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2016-February/032786.html). Multi-queue support  will also be added. I40E  (Fortville) Enhancements:  NSH, Floating VEB Cryptodev  Enhancements:  Software Implementation of the KASUMI Algorithm, Bit-Level Support for SNOW  3G NFV  Enhancements:  Automatic VF Reset From PF (i40e/ixgbe), XStats Enhancements, Keep-Alive  Enhancements, Live Migration for SRIOV IPsec  Sample App Enhancements:  Support for IPv6 and Transport Mode. Packet  Capture Framework:  In 16.04, there was lots of discussion on requirements for tcpdump support in  DPDK (see http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2016-March/034401.html). For 16.07, we plan to  submit a packet capture framework which will support hooks for filtering  capabilities such as BPF. External  Mempool Manager:  This was originally submitted for 16.04 but had to be deferred due to ABI  changes. See http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2016-March/035107.html for details.