X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=85560834e4f80f6721ca6f3977388149016279cb;hb=9a54394ac99e955cf23d8b45cc75ae08316a50f8;hp=db99be2486e4a4b92fe409d5d994f05e802d31da;hpb=fe8a17989a74e8022bbe548c3703140b0107508e;p=sliver-openvswitch.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index db99be248..85560834e 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,8 +1,45 @@ -v2.0.0 - xx xxx xxxx +Post-v2.0.0 --------------------- + - 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. + - Added vlog option to export to a UDP syslog sink. + + +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. @@ -22,7 +59,12 @@ v2.0.0 - 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 - 28 Aug 2013