X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=7c1b480ce876b0138a6eeafd931d089aa94d351b;hb=b366c1f436c1e9b40e20a46097c7b3d8bb6d12a7;hp=8536a140fac6a608e82d907f65355e30e6b48f70;hpb=a7b07d4c9c27effadedace959a05e6ca765885e1;p=sliver-openvswitch.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 8536a140f..7c1b480ce 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,9 +1,40 @@ -post-v1.11.0 +Post-v2.0.0 --------------------- -v1.11.0 - xx xxx xxxx +v2.0.0 - 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. + * 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 + 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. + - Added configurable flow caching support to IPFIX exporter. + + +v1.11.0 - 28 Aug 2013 +--------------------- + - 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. @@ -21,11 +52,16 @@ v1.11.0 - xx xxx xxxx 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 - 01 May 2013 ---------------------