-Post-v1.2.0
+port-v1.4.0
+------------------------
+
+
+v1.4.0 - xx xxx xxxx
+------------------------
+ - New "VLAN splinters" feature to work around buggy device drivers
+ in old Linux versions. (This feature is deprecated. When
+ broken device drivers are no longer in widespread use, we will
+ delete this feature.) See ovs-vswitchd.conf.db(5) for more
+ information.
+ - OpenFlow:
+ - Added ability to match on IPv6 flow label through NXM.
+ - Added ability to match on ECN bits in IPv4 and IPv6 through NXM.
+ - Added ability to match on TTL in IPv4 and IPv6 through NXM.
+ - Added ability to modify ECN bits in IPv4.
+ - Added ability to modify TTL in IPv4.
+ - ovs-vswitchd:
+ - Don't require the "normal" action to use mirrors. Traffic will
+ now be properly mirrored for any flows, regardless of their
+ actions.
+ - Track packet and byte statistics sent on mirrors.
+ - The sFlow implementation can now usually infer the correct agent
+ device instead of having to be told explicitly.
+ - ovs-appctl:
+ - New "fdb/flush" command to flush bridge's MAC learning table.
+ - ovs-test:
+ - A new distributed testing tool that allows one to diagnose performance
+ and connectivity issues. This tool currently is not included in RH or
+ Xen packages.
+ - RHEL packaging now supports integration with Red Hat network scripts.
+
+
+v1.3.0 - xx xxx xxxx
------------------------
- OpenFlow:
- Added an OpenFlow extension which allows the "output" action to accept
information about all interfaces with CFM enabled.
- If no argument is provided for "lacp/show", displays detailed
information about all ports with LACP enabled.
+ - ovs-dpctl:
+ - New "set-if" command to modify a datapath port's configuration.
- ovs-vswitchd:
- The software switch now supports 255 OpenFlow tables, instead
of just one. By default, only table 0 is consulted, but the
new NXAST_RESUBMIT_TABLE action can look up in additional
tables. Tables 128 and above are reserved for use by the
switch itself; please use only tables 0 through 127.
+ - Add support for 802.1D spanning tree (STP).
- Fragment handling extensions:
- New OFPC_FRAG_NX_MATCH fragment handling mode, in which L4
fields are made available for matching in fragments with
- Added support for native VLAN tagging. A new "vlan_mode"
parameter can be set for "port". Possible values: "access",
"trunk", "native-tagged" and "native-untagged".
+ - test-openflowd has been removed. Please use ovs-vswitchd instead.
v1.2.0 - 03 Aug 2011
------------------------
datapath/linux-2.6/compat-2.6 directories.
- Feature removals:
- Dropped support for "tun_id_from_cookie" OpenFlow extension.
- Please use the extensible match extensions instead.
+ Please use the extensible match extensions instead.
- Removed the Maintenance_Point and Monitor tables in an effort
to simplify 802.1ag configuration.
- Performance and scalability improvements