post-v1.6.0
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+ - kernel modules are renamed. openvswitch_mod.ko is now
+ openvswitch.ko and brcompat_mod.ko is now brcompat.ko.
v1.6.0 - xx xxx xxxx
receive asynchronously.
- New "fin_timeout" action.
- Added "fin_timeout" support to "learn" action.
+ - New Nicira action NXAST_CONTROLLER that offers additional features
+ over output to OFPP_CONTROLLER.
- The default MAC learning timeout has been increased from 60 seconds
to 300 seconds. The MAC learning timeout is now configurable.
- When QoS settings for an interface do not configure a default queue
(queue 0), Open vSwitch now uses a default configuration for that
queue, instead of dropping all packets as in previous versions.
- - Logging to console and file will have UTC timestamp as a default for all
- the daemons. An example of the default format is 2012-01-27T16:35:17Z.
- ovs-appctl can be used to change the default format as before.
+ - Logging:
+ - Logging to console and file will have UTC timestamp as a default for
+ all the daemons. An example of the default format is
+ 2012-01-27T16:35:17Z. ovs-appctl can be used to change the default
+ format as before.
+ - The syntax of commands and options to set log levels was simplified,
+ to make it easier to remember.
- New support for limiting the number of flows in an OpenFlow flow
table, with configurable policy for evicting flows upon
overflow. See the Flow_Table table in ovs-vswitch.conf.db(5)