X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=4cb4499a80840abde903f892e45cbc1eff0850b1;hb=c68cc3ef3fa0ee3ade3c86035e5c3d7eb066a605;hp=35b92127dfd48ae16d4848afd9080246048a9ae0;hpb=a6ae068b7b3ea1e039279e35ffae6ceddfb73866;p=sliver-openvswitch.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 35b92127d..4cb4499a8 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,14 +1,37 @@ -post-v1.10.0 +post-v1.11.0 --------------------- + - OpenFlow: + * 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. + + +v1.11.0 - xx xxx xxxx +--------------------- + - 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. - - CAPWAP tunneling support removed. - New support for the data encapsulation format of the LISP tunnel protocol (RFC 6830). An external control plane or manual flow setup is required for EID-to-RLOC mapping. + - OpenFlow: + * The "dec_mpls_ttl" and "set_mpls_ttl" actions from OpenFlow + 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". + - 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. - -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 @@ -19,8 +42,14 @@ 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?" @@ -29,6 +58,8 @@ v1.10.0 - xx xxx xxxx value of other-config:dp-desc in the Bridge table. - It is possible to request the OpenFlow port number with the "ofport_request" column in the Interface table. + - The NXM flow_removed message now reports the OpenFlow table ID + from which the flow was removed. - Tunneling: - New support for the VXLAN tunnel protocol (see the IETF draft here: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mahalingam-dutt-dcops-vxlan-03). @@ -37,6 +68,8 @@ v1.10.0 - xx xxx xxxx - Inheritance of the Don't Fragment bit in IP tunnels (df_inherit) is no longer supported. - Path MTU discovery is no longer supported. + - CAPWAP tunneling support removed. + - Tunnels with multicast destination ports are no longer supported. - ovs-dpctl: - The "dump-flows" and "del-flows" no longer require an argument if only one datapath exists. @@ -60,10 +93,11 @@ 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 - xx xxx xxxx --------------------- +v1.9.0 - 26 Feb 2013 +------------------------ - Datapath: - Support for ipv6 set action. - SKB mark matching and setting. @@ -117,8 +151,9 @@ v1.9.0 - xx xxx xxxx data in ARP packets. -v1.8.0 - xx xxx xxxx +v1.8.0 - 26 Feb 2013 ------------------------ + *** Internal only release *** - New FAQ. Please send updates and additions! - Authors of controllers, please read the new section titled "Action Reproduction" in DESIGN, which describes an Open vSwitch change in