Intel Device Plugins for Kubernetes v0.31.0

Highlights

The release adds a new image intel-gpu-levelzero, improves operator to capability level 3 and adds CDI support in selected plugins.

Generic

• Update k8s to v1.31.0
• Build release images using the latest Go version (v1.23.x)
• Add CDI support
• Pin workload actions to SHAs
• Sign published containers

Bugs fixed

• #1779
• #1836
• #1840
• Fix QAT heartbeat parsing (#1796)

FPGA

• Move to CDI hooks to enable orchestration programmed mode also with containerd.

Operator

• Improve Operator's capability level to 3

GPU

• Initial support for CDI
• Add a new image that allows retrieving GPU details from LevelZero/Sysman
• Support WSL

Pull requests (excluding dependabot)

• xpumanager sidecar: add note about using HTTPS with xpum by @tkatila in #1738
• qat: improve qat_dpdk_app, openssl-qat-engine by @hj-johannes-lee in #1685
• Post 0.30.0 updates by @tkatila in #1739
• demo: opencl-icd: fix repo key install by @tkatila in #1744
• FPGA: support CDI by @bart0sh in #1745
• pkg/deviceplugin: move to grpc.NewClient() by @mythi in #1748
• Pin workflow actions sha's by @tkatila in #1741
• qat: drop c6xxvf from defaults by @mythi in #1751
• idxd: include accel-config sources in the image by @tkatila in #1761
• demo: accel-config-demo updates by @mythi in #1764
• go.mod k8s.io updates and buildah fix by @mythi in #1783
• fpga: add subsystem vendor & device fields to PCIDevice by @jstamel in #1768
• add updateStrategy to daemonSets by @hj-johannes-lee in #1786
• IAA/DSA test updates by @mythi in #1795
• QAT: make plugin read trimmed heartbeat status by @hj-johannes-lee in #1796
• misc version updates by @mythi in #1807
• TLS cipher updates by @tkatila in #1808
• workflow: sign release containers by @tkatila in #1806
• tls: drop additional ciphers by @tkatila in #1811
• build: use Go 1.23.0 by @mythi in #1814
• xpumanager sidecar: verify certificate with HTTPS by @tkatila in #1816
• Restructure CDI use with plugins by @tkatila in #1810
• GPU-plugin: add cdi support by @tkatila in #1827
• workflow: add malware scan for publish by @tkatila in #1829
• Misc fixes vol. 9/2024 by @tkatila in #1835
• Gpu levelzero sidecar by @tkatila in #1803
• levelzero: add missing calloc return value check by @tkatila in #1844
• IAA/DSA config updates by @mythi in #1849
• Add cpu/memory requests and limits by @hj-johannes-lee in #1819
• gpu: add a note about non-default namespaces with fractional resources by @tkatila in #1850
• operator: kube-rbac-proxy to 0.18.1 by @tkatila in #1853
• workflow: publish: enable gpu-levelzero by @tkatila in #1854

New Contributors

• @jstamel made their first contribution in #1768

Full Changelog: v0.30.0...v0.31.0