-post-v1.5.0
+post-v1.7.0
------------------------
+v1.7.0 - xx xxx xxxx
+------------------------
+ - kernel modules are renamed. openvswitch_mod.ko is now
+ openvswitch.ko and brcompat_mod.ko is now brcompat.ko.
+ - Increased the number of NXM registers to 8.
+ - Added ability to configure dscp setting for manager and controller
+ connections. By default, these connections have a DSCP value of
+ Internetwork Control (0xc0).
+ - Added the granular link health statistics, 'cfm_health', to an
+ interface.
+ - OpenFlow:
+ - Added support to mask nd_target for ICMPv6 neighbor discovery flows.
+ - Added support for OpenFlow 1.3 port description (OFPMP_PORT_DESC)
+ multipart messages.
+ - ovs-ofctl:
+ - Added the "dump-ports-desc" command to retrieve port
+ information using the new port description multipart messages.
+ - ovs-test:
+ - Added support for spawning ovs-test server from the client.
+ - Now ovs-test is able to automatically create test bridges and ports.
+ - "ovs-dpctl dump-flows" now prints observed TCP flags in TCP flows.
+ - The "coverage/log" command previously available through ovs-appctl
+ has been replaced by "coverage/show". The new command replies with
+ coverage counter values, instead of logging them.
+
+
+v1.6.0 - xx xxx xxxx
+------------------------
+ - bonding
+ - LACP bonds no longer fall back to balance-slb when negotiations fail.
+ Instead they drop traffic.
+ - The default bond_mode changed from SLB to active-backup, to protect
+ unsuspecting users from the significant risks of SLB bonds (which are
+ documented in vswitchd/INTERNALS).
+ - Load balancing can be disabled by setting the bond-rebalance-interval
+ to zero.
+ - OpenFlow:
+ - Added support for bitwise matching on TCP and UDP ports.
+ See ovs-ofctl(8) for more information.
+ - NXM flow dumps now include times elapsed toward idle and hard
+ timeouts.
+ - Added an OpenFlow extension NXT_SET_ASYNC_CONFIG that allows
+ controllers more precise control over which OpenFlow messages they
+ 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:
+ - 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)
+ for more information.
+ - New "enable-async-messages" column in the Controller table. If set to
+ false, OpenFlow connections to the controller will initially have all
+ asynchronous messages disabled, overriding normal OpenFlow behavior.
+ - ofproto-provider interface:
+ - "struct rule" has a new member "used" that ofproto implementations
+ should maintain by updating with ofproto_rule_update_used().
+ - ovsdb-client:
+ - The new option --timestamp causes the "monitor" command to print
+ a timestamp with every update.
+ - CFM module CCM broadcasts can now be tagged with an 802.1p priority.
+
+
v1.5.0 - xx xxx xxxx
------------------------
- OpenFlow:
directories as defaults.
-v1.4.0 - xx xxx xxxx
+v1.4.0 - 30 Jan 2012
------------------------
+ - Compatible with Open vSwitch kernel module included in Linux 3.3.
- 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