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@@ -861,3 +861,319 @@ Tested Platforms
 
      * Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS with NXP QorIQ LSDK 1809 support packages
      * Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS with NXP QorIQ LSDK 1803 support packages
+
+Fixes and Validation in 18.11 Stable Release
+--------------------------------------------
+
+18.11.1 Fixes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* app/bbdev: fix return value check
+* app/eventdev: detect deadlock for timer event producer
+* app/pdump: fix vdev cleanup
+* app/testpmd: expand RED queue thresholds to 64 bits
+* app/testpmd: fix MPLS BoS bit default value
+* app/testpmd: fix MPLSoGRE encapsulation
+* app/testpmd: fix MPLSoUDP encapsulation
+* app/testpmd: fix quit to stop all ports before close
+* app/testpmd: fix Tx metadata show command
+* bb/turbo_sw: fix dynamic linking
+* build: fix meson check for binutils 2.30
+* build: fix variable name in dependency error message
+* build: mention -march in pkg-config description
+* build: use static deps for pkg-config libs.private
+* bus/dpaa: do nothing if bus not present
+* bus/dpaa: fix logical to physical core affine logic
+* bus/fslmc: fix parse method for bus devices
+* bus/fslmc: fix ring mode to use correct cache settings
+* bus/fslmc: fix to convert error msg to warning
+* bus/fslmc: fix to reset portal memory before use
+* bus/fslmc: fix to use correct physical core for logical core
+* bus/ifpga: fix AFU probe failure handler
+* bus/ifpga: fix build for cpp applications
+* bus/ifpga: fix forcing optional devargs
+* bus/vmbus: fix race in subchannel creation
+* common/qat: remove check of valid firmware response
+* compressdev: fix structure comment
+* compress/qat: fix dequeue error counter
+* compress/qat: fix returned status on overflow
+* compress/qat: fix return on building request error
+* config: enable C11 memory model for armv8 with meson
+* crypto/dpaa2_sec: fix FLC address for physical mode
+* crypto/qat: fix block size error handling
+* crypto/qat: fix digest in wireless auth case
+* crypto/qat: fix message for CCM when setting unused counter
+* crypto/qat: fix message for NULL algo setting unused counter
+* devtools: fix build check for whether meson has run
+* devtools: fix return of forbidden addition checks
+* devtools: fix symbol check when adding experimental section
+* devtools: fix wrong headline lowercase for arm
+* doc: add dependency for PDF in contributing guide
+* doc: add GCM AAD limitation in qat guide
+* doc: add GRO limitations in programmers guide
+* doc: add missing loopback option in testpmd guide
+* doc: clarify libnuma requirement for NUMA systems
+* doc: fix AESNI_MB guide
+* doc: fix a parameter name in testpmd guide
+* doc: fix a typo in power management guide
+* doc: fix a typo in testpmd guide
+* doc: fix a typo in testpmd guide
+* doc: fix flow action command names in testpmd guide
+* doc: fix garbage text in generated HTML guides
+* doc: fix ifc naming
+* doc: fix MAC address rewrite actions in prog guide
+* doc: fix references in power management guide
+* doc: remove note on memory mode limitation in multi-process
+* drivers/crypto: fix PMDs memory leak
+* drivers: fix sprintf with snprintf
+* drivers/net: fix several Tx prepare functions
+* eal/bsd: remove clean up of files at startup
+* eal: check string parameter lengths
+* eal: clean up unused files on initialization
+* eal: close multi-process socket during cleanup
+* eal: fix build of external app with clang on armv8
+* eal: fix clang build with intrinsics forced
+* eal: fix core number validation
+* eal: fix detection of duplicate option register
+* eal: fix leak on multi-process request error
+* eal: fix log level of error in option register
+* eal: fix missing newline in a log
+* eal: fix out of bound access when no CPU available
+* eal: fix strdup usages in internal config
+* eal/linux: fix parsing zero socket memory and limits
+* efd: fix tail queue leak
+* ethdev: declare Tx prepare API as not experimental
+* ethdev: fix errno to have positive value
+* ethdev: fix typo in queue setup error log
+* eventdev: fix error log in eth Rx adapter
+* eventdev: fix eth Tx adapter queue count checks
+* eventdev: fix xstats documentation typo
+* eventdev: remove redundant timer adapter function prototypes
+* examples/bond: fix crash when there is no active slave
+* examples/bond: fix initialization order
+* examples/flow_filtering: fix example documentation
+* examples/ipsec-secgw: fix crypto-op might never get dequeued
+* examples/ipsec-secgw: fix inbound SA checking
+* examples/ipsec-secgw: fix outbound codepath for single SA
+* examples/ipsec-secgw: make local variables static
+* examples/kni: fix crash while handling userspace request
+* examples/tep_term: remove unused constant
+* examples/vhost_crypto: fix bracket
+* examples/vhost: fix a typo
+* examples/vhost: fix path allocation failure handling
+* gro: check invalid TCP header length
+* gro: fix overflow of payload length calculation
+* gso: fix VxLAN/GRE tunnel checks
+* hash: fix out-of-bound write while freeing key slot
+* hash: fix return of bulk lookup
+* ip_frag: fix IPv6 when MTU sizes not aligned to 8 bytes
+* kni: fix build for dev_open in Linux 5.0
+* kni: fix build for igb_ndo_bridge_setlink in Linux 5.0
+* kni: fix build on RHEL 8
+* kni: fix build on RHEL8 for arm and Power9
+* malloc: fix deadlock when reading stats
+* malloc: fix duplicate mem event notification
+* malloc: fix finding maximum contiguous IOVA size
+* malloc: make alignment requirements more stringent
+* malloc: notify primary process about hotplug in secondary
+* mem: check for memfd support in segment fd API
+* mem: fix segment fd API error code for external segment
+* mem: fix storing old policy
+* mem: fix variable shadowing
+* memzone: fix unlock on initialization failure
+* mk: do not install meson.build in usertools
+* mk: fix scope of disabling AVX512F support
+* net/af_packet: fix setting MTU decrements sockaddr twice
+* net/avf/base: fix comment referencing internal data
+* net/bnx2x: cleanup info logs
+* net/bnx2x: fix segfaults due to stale interrupt status
+* net/bonding: fix possible null pointer reference
+* net/bonding: fix reset active slave
+* net/cxgbe: fix control queue mbuf pool naming convention
+* net/cxgbe: fix overlapping regions in TID table
+* net/cxgbe: skip parsing match items with no spec
+* net/dpaa2: fix bad check for not-null
+* net/dpaa2: fix device init for secondary process
+* net/dpaa: fix secondary process
+* net/ena: add reset reason in Rx error
+* net/ena: add supported RSS offloads types
+* net/ena: destroy queues if start failed
+* net/ena: do not reconfigure queues on reset
+* net/ena: fix cleanup for out of order packets
+* net/ena: fix dev init with multi-process
+* net/ena: fix errno to positive value
+* net/ena: fix invalid reference to variable in union
+* net/ena: skip packet with wrong request id
+* net/ena: update completion queue after cleanup
+* net/enic: remove useless include
+* net: fix underflow for checksum of invalid IPv4 packets
+* net/fm10k: fix internal switch initial status
+* net/i40e: clear VF reset flags after reset
+* net/i40e: fix config name in comment
+* net/i40e: fix get RSS conf
+* net/i40e: fix getting RSS configuration
+* net/i40e: fix overwriting RSS RETA
+* net/i40e: fix port close
+* net/i40e: fix queue region DCB configure
+* net/i40e: fix statistics
+* net/i40e: fix statistics inconsistency
+* net/i40e: fix using recovery mode firmware
+* net/i40e: fix VF overwrite PF RSS LUT for X722
+* net/i40e: perform basic validation on VF messages
+* net/i40e: remove redundant reset of queue number
+* net/i40e: revert fix offload not supported mask
+* net/ifc: store only registered device instance
+* net/ifcvf: fix typo on struct name
+* net/igb: fix LSC interrupt when using MSI-X
+* net/ixgbe/base: add LHA ID
+* net/ixgbe: fix crash on remove
+* net/ixgbe: fix over using multicast table for VF
+* net/ixgbe: fix overwriting RSS RETA
+* net/ixgbe: fix Rx LRO capability offload for x550
+* net/mlx5: fix build for armv8
+* net/mlx5: fix deprecated library API for Rx padding
+* net/mlx5: fix function documentation
+* net/mlx5: fix instruction hotspot on replenishing Rx buffer
+* net/mlx5: fix Multi-Packet RQ mempool free
+* net/mlx5: fix Rx packet padding
+* net/mlx5: fix shared counter allocation logic
+* net/mlx5: fix TC rule handle assignment
+* net/mlx5: fix typos and code style
+* net/mlx5: fix validation of Rx queue number
+* net/mlx5: fix VXLAN port registration race condition
+* net/mlx5: fix VXLAN without decap action for E-Switch
+* net/mlx5: remove checks for outer tunnel items on E-Switch
+* net/mlx5: support ethernet type for tunnels on E-Switch
+* net/mlx5: support tunnel inner items on E-Switch
+* net/mlx5: validate ethernet type on E-Switch
+* net/mlx5: validate tunnel inner items on E-Switch
+* net/netvsc: disable multi-queue on older servers
+* net/netvsc: enable SR-IOV
+* net/netvsc: fix probe when VF not found
+* net/netvsc: fix transmit descriptor pool cleanup
+* net/qede: fix performance bottleneck in Rx path
+* net/qede: remove prefetch in Tx path
+* net/sfc: add missing header guard to TSO header file
+* net/sfc/base: fix Tx descriptor max number check
+* net/sfc: discard last seen VLAN TCI if Tx packet is dropped
+* net/sfc: fix crash in EF10 TSO if no payload
+* net/sfc: fix datapath name references in logs
+* net/sfc: fix port ID log
+* net/sfc: fix Rx packets counter
+* net/sfc: fix typo in preprocessor check
+* net/sfc: fix VF error/missed stats mapping
+* net/sfc: pass HW Tx queue index on creation
+* net/tap: add buffer overflow checks before checksum
+* net/tap: allow full length names
+* net/tap: fix possible uninitialized variable access
+* net/tap: let kernel choose tun device name
+* net/vhost: fix double free of MAC address
+* net/virtio: add barrier before reading the flags
+* net/virtio-user: fix used ring in cvq handling
+* raw/ifpga: fix memory leak
+* Revert "net/mlx5: fix instruction hotspot on replenishing Rx buffer"
+* sched: fix memory leak on init failure
+* telemetry: fix using ports of different types
+* test: check zero socket memory as valid
+* test/crypto: fix misleading trace message
+* test/fbarray: add to meson
+* test/hash: fix perf result
+* test/mem: add external mem autotest to meson
+* test/metrics: fix a negative case
+* timer: fix race condition
+* version: 18.11.1-rc1
+* version: 18.11.1-rc2
+* vfio: allow secondary process to query IOMMU type
+* vfio: do not unregister callback in secondary process
+* vfio: fix error message
+* vhost/crypto: fix possible dead loop
+* vhost/crypto: fix possible out of bound access
+* vhost: enforce avail index and desc read ordering
+* vhost: enforce desc flags and content read ordering
+* vhost: ensure event idx is mapped when negotiated
+* vhost: fix access for indirect descriptors
+* vhost: fix crash after mmap failure
+* vhost: fix deadlock in driver unregister
+* vhost: fix double read of descriptor flags
+* vhost: fix memory leak on realloc failure
+* vhost: fix possible dead loop in vector filling
+* vhost: fix possible out of bound access in vector filling
+* vhost: fix race condition when adding fd in the fdset
+
+18.11.1 Validation
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* Intel(R) Testing
+
+   * 18.11.1 LTS release passed the basic Intel(R) NIC(ixgbe and i40e) testing
+
+   * cryptodev
+   * virtio and Intel NIC/virtio performance
+   * vlan
+   * vxlan
+   * Jumbo frames
+   * Generic filter
+   * Flow director
+   * PF and VF
+
+* Mellanox(R) Testing
+
+   * Basic functionality
+
+      * Send and receive multiple types of traffic
+      * testpmd xstats counter test
+      * testpmd timestamp test
+
+   * Changing/checking link status through testpmd
+
+      * RTE flow and flow_director tests
+      * Some RSS tests
+      * VLAN stripping and insertion tests
+      * Checksum and TSO tests
+      * ptype tests
+      * Port interrupt testing
+      * Multi-process testing
+
+   * Drivers tested
+
+      * MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.5-1.0.1.0
+      * MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.4-2.0.1.0
+      * rdma-core upstream commit 0ea43f6
+
+   * Tested NICs
+
+      * ConnectX-4 Lx (fw 14.24.1000)
+      * ConnectX-5 (fw 16.24.1000)
+
+   * OSes tested
+
+      * RHEL7.4 (kernel 5.0.0)
+      * RHEL7.4 (kernel 3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64)
+
+
+* OVS Testing Intel(R)
+
+   * OVS testing against head OVS Master and OVS 2.11.0 with VSPERF
+   * Tested with i40e (X710), ixgbe (82599ES) and igb(I350) devices
+
+      * PVP
+      * P2P
+      * Multiqueue
+      * Vhostuserclient reconnect
+      * Vhost cross-NUMA awareness
+      * Jumbo frames
+      * Rate limiting
+      * QoS policer
+
+* Microsoft(R) Azure Testing
+
+   * SRIOV/Failsafe
+   * DPDK-OVS
+
+* Red Hat(R) Virtualization Testing
+
+   * PF
+   * VF
+   * vhost single/multi queues and cross-NUMA
+   * vhostclient reconnect
+   * vhost live migration with single/multi queues and cross-NUMA