-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+ has been replaced by "coverage/show".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.
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)