X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=38e3d9d3fc8bea669aa4cbbd92e88994890f51cb;hb=0a407cd6f2129793940bfbd42dc39fe97e93e14b;hp=1246383deb7612c0abd760899a7ad9521501a237;hpb=fa04edcedfe5285fd8ad3a4d70fecb38df18293d;p=sliver-openvswitch.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 1246383de..38e3d9d3f 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,18 +1,51 @@ -post-v1.12.0 +Post-v2.0.0 --------------------- - - -v1.12.0 - xx xxx xxxx + - TCP flags matching: OVS now supports matching of TCP flags. This + has an adverse performance impact when using OVS userspace 1.10 + or older (no megaflows support) together with the new OVS kernel + module. It is recommended that the kernel and userspace modules + both are upgraded at the same time. + - The default OpenFlow and OVSDB ports will change to + IANA-assigned numbers in a future release. Consider updating + your installations to specify port numbers instead of using the + defaults. + - OpenFlow: + * The OpenFlow 1.1+ "Write-Actions" instruction is now supported. + * OVS limits the OpenFlow port numbers it assigns to port 32767 and + below, leaving port numbers above that range free for assignment + by the controller. + - ovs-vswitchd.conf.db.5 man page will contain graphviz/dot + diagram only if graphviz package was installed at the build time. + - Support for Linux kernels up to 3.11 + - ovs-dpctl: + The "show" command also displays mega flow mask stats. + - ovs-controller has been renamed test-controller. It is no longer + packaged or installed by default, because too many users assumed + incorrectly that ovs-controller was a necessary or desirable part + of an Open vSwitch deployment. + + +v2.0.0 - 15 Oct 2013 --------------------- + - The ovs-vswitchd process is no longer single-threaded. Multiple + threads are now used to handle flow set up and asynchronous + logging. - OpenFlow: * Experimental support for OpenFlow 1.1 (in addition to 1.2 and 1.3, which had experimental support in 1.10). + * Experimental protocol support for OpenFlow 1.1+ groups. This + does not yet include an implementation in the Open vSwitch + software switch. + * Experimental protocol support for OpenFlow 1.2+ meters. This + does not yet include an implementation in the Open vSwitch + software switch. * 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. + * Support matching, rewriting SCTP ports - 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 @@ -25,9 +58,15 @@ v1.12.0 - xx xxx xxxx - Support for Linux kernels up to 3.10 - ovs-ofctl: * New "ofp-parse" for printing OpenFlow messages read from a file. + * New commands for OpenFlow 1.1+ groups. + - Added configurable flow caching support to IPFIX exporter. + - Dropped support for Linux pre-2.6.32. + - Log file timestamps and ovsdb commit timestamps are now reported + with millisecond resolution. (Previous versions only reported + whole seconds.) -v1.11.0 - xx xxx xxxx +v1.11.0 - 28 Aug 2013 --------------------- - Support for megaflows, which allows wildcarding in the kernel (and any dpif implementation that supports wildcards). Depending on