X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=1246383deb7612c0abd760899a7ad9521501a237;hb=20ba93a7c5f9e1b1c1e988a9910ca7d0534d4774;hp=7914807e0f32e8fb28dbd602432d50a93ff671e8;hpb=fdfe872d4f524dd80aa7976279d79c90ef260a6c;p=sliver-openvswitch.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 7914807e0..1246383de 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,40 @@ -post-v1.10.0 +post-v1.12.0 --------------------- + + +v1.12.0 - xx xxx xxxx +--------------------- + - OpenFlow: + * Experimental support for OpenFlow 1.1 (in addition to 1.2 and + 1.3, which had experimental support in 1.10). + * New support for matching outer source and destination IP address + of tunneled packets, for tunnel ports configured with the newly + added "remote_ip=flow" and "local_ip=flow" options. + * Support for matching on metadata 'pkt_mark' for interacting with + other system components. On Linux this corresponds to the skb + mark. + - The Interface table in the database has a new "ifindex" column to + report the interface's OS-assigned ifindex. + - New "check-oftest" Makefile target for running OFTest against Open + vSwitch. See README-OFTest for details. + - The flow eviction threshold has been moved to the Open_vSwitch table. + - Database names are now mandatory when specifying ovsdb-server options + through database paths (e.g. Private key option with the database name + should look like "--private-key=db:Open_vSwitch,SSL,private_key"). + - Added ovs-dev.py, a utility script helpful for Open vSwitch developers. + - Support for Linux kernels up to 3.10 + - ovs-ofctl: + * New "ofp-parse" for printing OpenFlow messages read from a file. + + +v1.11.0 - xx xxx xxxx +--------------------- + - Support for megaflows, which allows wildcarding in the kernel (and + any dpif implementation that supports wildcards). Depending on + the flow table and switch configuration, flow set up rates are + close to the Linux bridge. + - The "tutorial" directory contains a new tutorial for some advanced + Open vSwitch features. - Stable bond mode has been removed. - The autopath action has been removed. - New support for the data encapsulation format of the LISP tunnel @@ -10,9 +45,23 @@ post-v1.10.0 1.1 and later are now implemented. * New "stack" extension for use in actions, to push and pop from NXM fields. + * The "load" and "set_field" actions can now modify the "in_port". (This + allows one to enable output to a flow's input port by setting the + in_port to some unused value, such as OFPP_NONE.) + - ovs-dpctl: + * New debugging commands "add-flow", "mod-flow", "del-flow". + * "dump-flows" now has a -m option to increase output verbosity. + - In dpif-based bridges, cache action translations, which can improve + flow set up performance by 80% with a complicated flow table. + - New syslog format, prefixed with "ovs|", to be easier to filter. + - RHEL: Removes the default firewall rule that allowed GRE traffic to + pass through. Any users that relied on this automatic firewall hole + will have to manually configure it. The ovs-ctl(8) manpage documents + the "enable-protocol" command that can be used as an alternative. + - New CFM demand mode which uses data traffic to indicate interface + liveness. - -v1.10.0 - xx xxx xxxx +v1.10.0 - 01 May 2013 --------------------- - Bridge compatibility support has been removed. Any uses that rely on ovs-brcompatd will have to stick with Open vSwitch 1.9.x @@ -23,8 +72,14 @@ v1.10.0 - xx xxx xxxx separately on a per-port basis, so it should no longer be possible for a large number of new flows arriving on one port to prevent new flows from being processed on other ports. - - Many "ovs-vsctl" database commands now accept an --if-exists option. - Please refer to the ovs-vsctl manpage for details. + - ovs-vsctl: + * Previously ovs-vsctl would retry connecting to the database forever, + causing it to hang if ovsdb-server was not running. Now, ovs-vsctl + only tries once by default (use --retry to try forever). This change + means that you may want to remove uses of --timeout to avoid hangs + in ovs-vsctl calls. + * Many "ovs-vsctl" database commands now accept an --if-exists option. + Please refer to the ovs-vsctl manpage for details. - OpenFlow: - Experimental support for newer versions of OpenFlow. See the "What versions of OpenFlow does Open vSwitch support?" @@ -68,6 +123,7 @@ v1.10.0 - xx xxx xxxx retire that meaning of ANY in favor of the OpenFlow 1.1 meaning. - Patch ports no longer require kernel support, so they now work with FreeBSD and the kernel module built into Linux 3.3 and later. + - New "sample" action. v1.9.0 - 26 Feb 2013