v26.4.0-beta.9

What's Changed

• Always deploy NicInterfaceNameTemplate when the flag is set by @almaslennikov in #61
• Fix discover's kubeconfig fallback and namespace-probe logging by @almaslennikov in #63
• beta.9 release by @almaslennikov in #64
• Connectivity test by @almaslennikov in #65
• Validation improvements by @almaslennikov in #66
• discover: self-contained NIC daemon bootstrap, no Network Operator needed by @almaslennikov in #67
• validate: gate PF section-header tint on actual conflict by @almaslennikov in #68
• deploy: install Network Operator helm chart in-process with preflight drift checks by @almaslennikov in #69

Full Changelog: v26.4.0-beta.7...v26.4.0-beta.9

Changelog

Other Changes

• 160ef51: Always deploy NicInterfaceNameTemplate when the flag is set (@almaslennikov)
• 3c9f2b7: Brew formula update for l8k version v26.4.0 (@invalid-email-address)
• 9f2b11b: Brew formula update for l8k version v26.4.0 (@invalid-email-address)
• 15cfd67: Brew formula update for l8k version v26.4.0-beta.7 (@invalid-email-address)
• d6b8e31: Brew formula update for l8k version v26.4.0-beta.9 (@invalid-email-address)
• a6bf190: Brew formula update for l8k version v26.4.0-beta.9 (@invalid-email-address)
• dd50671: Connectivity matrix + registry-backed validate (l8k validate --connectivity) (@almaslennikov)
• fc9a992: Fix discover's kubeconfig fallback and namespace-probe logging (@almaslennikov)
• b814673: Merge pull request #61 from NVIDIA/nicinterfacename (@almaslennikov)
• c54f8ca: Merge pull request #63 from NVIDIA/bugfixes (@almaslennikov)
• 61d2741: Merge pull request #64 from NVIDIA/pre-release (@almaslennikov)
• 86de8ce: Merge pull request #65 from NVIDIA/connectivity-test (@almaslennikov)
• b5f17fc: Merge pull request #66 from NVIDIA/validation-improvements (@almaslennikov)
• 91d3952: Merge pull request #67 from NVIDIA/nicconfig-daemon-discover (@almaslennikov)
• 4d79704: Merge pull request #68 from NVIDIA/highlight-fix (@almaslennikov)
• bc63a20: Merge pull request #69 from NVIDIA/helm-chart-install (@almaslennikov)
• 4ebb9af: Per-Kind validator registry + four-phase deploy state machine (@almaslennikov)
• 4ec72b7: Phase 3: HTML validation report (l8k validate --report-path) (@almaslennikov)
• 5d25f12: beta.9 release (@almaslennikov)
• 1e86910: connectivity: scaffolding for rping + ib_write_bw matrix tests (@almaslennikov)
• 41c6dcb: connectivity: wire RDMA stages into RunMatrix + per-kind matrix grids (@almaslennikov)
• aa48c78: crstate/sriov: numVfs mismatch is in-progress, not error (@almaslennikov)
• c998fa2: deploy: gate readiness on controller observation after apply (@almaslennikov)
• 7c38943: deploy: install Network Operator helm chart in-process with preflight drift checks (@almaslennikov)
• 9b9b5bc: deploy: rename --validate flag to --test-connectivity (@almaslennikov)
• dabeb54: deploy: skip observation gate when validator reads companion CRs (@almaslennikov)
• 5f79c3d: discover: self-contained NIC daemon bootstrap, no Network Operator needed (@almaslennikov)
• cf1835b: discovery: fabric probe falls back to /host/sys when /sys is empty (@almaslennikov)
• 87ca811: discovery: fabric probe reads only link_layer, no ACTIVE requirement (@almaslennikov)
• 66c6b18: macvlan-rdma-shared: inherit master PF MTU (mtu: 0) (@almaslennikov)
• 29ec48e: profiles: switch example DS image to nvcr.io/nvidia/doca:3.3.0-full-rt-host (@almaslennikov)
• bf9e764: report: Details / Live YAML drop down full table width (@almaslennikov)
• 1d2467c: use latest stable release as default (@almaslennikov)
• 5dde5e1: validate: PASS/FAIL banner + per-group preset-match cross-check (@almaslennikov)
• b9a9575: validate: RDMA-only matrix, validation-report rename, non-blocking (@almaslennikov)
• d3678ab: validate: cross-check NCP/NNP component versions + always emit report (@almaslennikov)
• 42e6b70: validate: gate PF section-header tint on actual conflict (@almaslennikov)
• 178d3ed: validate: render platform-topology mismatches as paired Actual / Expected PF tables (@almaslennikov)