Intel Device Plugins for Kubernetes v0.29.0

Highlights

The release includes various fixes and updates to components.

Generic

• Update k8s to v1.29.0
• Build release images using the latest Go version (v1.21.5)
• Use stricter build flags
• Updates to workflows and new scorecards
• Build images with buildkit
• Move towards using ktesting/textlogger

Bugs fixed

• #1418
• #1556
• #1604

NFD

• Update SGX deployment to use NFD labels
• Add vfio-pci dependency to QAT rules

Operator

• Allow multiple objects per CR
• Fix operator updating daemonset when CR has not changed

GPU

• Change Level Zero's default affinity mask format when tiles are used, and do not set mask with 1-tile devices
• Set monitoring enabled in the default deployment
• Documentation updates

QAT

• Support QAT heartbeat in >=6.6 kernels
• Add new QAT resources (capabilities)

Fake GPU Device

• Support xelink labeling

VPU

• VPU source code removed from repository

Pull requests (excluding dependabot)

• docs + operator updates to 0.28.0 by @tkatila in #1547
• build: move to Go 1.21.x by @mythi in #1508
• vpu: remove deprecated plugin by @mythi in #1549
• qat: heartbeat support + new capabilities by @tkatila in #1559
• Cleanups by @mythi in #1572
• Misc fixes by @tkatila in #1561
• Update versions (dlb demo and cert-manager, kind) by @hj-johannes-lee in #1543
• controller cleanups by @mythi in #1583
• ci: update golangci-lint by @mythi in #1586
• build: use stricter build flags by @tkatila in #1593
• operator: remove one-cr-per-kind limitation by @tkatila in #1579
• workflows: add scorecard and codeql by @tkatila in #1597
• sgx: use NodeFeatureRule SGX label in the NFD overlay by @mythi in #1596
• xelink support by @hsyrja in #1580
• QAT test updates by @mythi in #1599
• logging: move away from klogr to ktesting/textlogger by @mythi in #1600
• go.mod: upgrade to k8s.io v1.29 by @mythi in #1584
• Minor improvements to "render-device.sh" GPU plugin helper script by @eero-t in #1605
• codeql fixes by @mythi in #1606
• workflow: run codeql for PRs and ignore actions for doc changes by @tkatila in #1608
• Fix last of codeql issues by @tkatila in #1610
• images: use buildkit again by @mythi in #1615
• Change GPU plugin's behavior as Level zero's default hierarchy mode changed from composite to flat by @tkatila in #1601
• go.mod: upgrade to k8s.io v1.29 release by @mythi in #1622
• demo: update idxd-config to v4.1.4 by @mythi in #1618
• ci: cleanup linter settings by @mythi in #1626
• nfd rules: require vfio-pci module to be present for qat by @tkatila in #1627

New Contributors

• @hsyrja made their first contribution in #1580

Full Changelog: v0.28.0...v0.29.0