The FD.io project has continued to push the boundaries of high-performance, flexible, and scalable software-defined infrastructures throughout 2024. This update, featured in the LF Networking 2024 Annual Report, highlights FD.io’s remarkable achievements and its ongoing contributions to the open-source networking ecosystem.
FD.io Project Update
The FD.io release train maintained its momentum in 2024, delivering another year of outstanding performance with timely VPP releases and comprehensive CSIT release reports. The FD.io Technical Steering Committee (TSC) played a pivotal role in driving the community’s success by ensuring balanced representation through nominated membership, implementing cost-saving measures, and facilitating the acquisition and integration of cutting-edge hardware into the FD.io performance and CI lab (which will continue into 2025). FD.io’s core projects, VPP and CSIT, continued to set new benchmarks in data plane performance and testing excellence.
Some key highlights from 2024 include:
- Regular Release Cadence: FD.io maintained its commitment to timely updates, delivering multiple releases throughout the year. Notably, the Vector Packet Processing (VPP)
- Project releases:
- VPP 24.02 release on February 28 introduced 262 commits since the previous release, including 22 new features and 123 fixes.
- VPP 24.06 release on June 28 introduced 284 commits since the previous release, including 14 new features and 124 fixes.
- VPP 24.10 release on October 30 introduced 241 commits since the previous release, including 19 new features and 86 fixes.
- Project releases:
- Enhanced Testing and Performance: The Continuous System Integration and Testing (CSIT) team executed comprehensive testing plans to ensure robust performance and functionality, including periodic trending reports and CSIT Release reports which include comprehensive test coverage as well as performance comparison with the previous VPP release:
- CSIT 24.02 Release report available on March 13.
- CSIT 24.06 Release report available on July 10.
- CSIT 24.10 Release report available on November 13.
- Community Engagement and Outreach: FD.io actively participated in industry events, including presentations at LFN Developer and Testing Forum, KubeCon, and EnvoyCon, to showcase its advancements and foster collaboration with other open-source communities.
- Strategic Goals and Initiatives: The Technical Steering Committee outlined objectives for 2025, focusing on expanding testing coverage to the latest generation chips, improving outbound marketing, and enhancing FD.io’s visibility
These efforts underscore FD.io’s dedication to advancing high-performance, flexible, and scalable softwaredefined infrastructures.
I am grateful for all the contributions to the FD.io Community and would like to thank each and every one who contributed to FD.io not just in 2024, but all along the way. Special thanks to Tom Jones, FreeBSD committer and developer specializing in network performance, for his excellence in porting VPP to FreeBSD. I am confident that FD.io will continue to attract and retain the contributions of those with a passion for excellence and continue to keep things moving throughout the coming years, starting with 2025.
This update is written by Dave Wallace, Chair, FD.io Technical Steering Committee.
Learn More in the Full Report
Explore more about FD.io and other LF Networking projects in the LF Networking 2024 Annual Report. Discover how the community is shaping the future of networking. Read the full report here.
