X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=96c86c421e9da6348ecbd220844bb0a0af38e118;hb=a39edbd4a409ad14b79c2205e340c07185785b92;hp=3a6eec7d0cc8818050cb485e12dd6747ec94c0af;hpb=52a90c29ab472076fb8f20fba4f847350268e01e;p=sliver-openvswitch.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 3a6eec7d0..96c86c421 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,37 @@ -post-v1.3.0 +post-v1.5.0 ------------------------ + - bonding + - LACP bonds no longer fall back to balance-slb when negotiations fail. + Instead they drop traffic. + - The default bond_mode changed from SLB to active-backup, to protect + unsuspecting users from the significant risks of SLB bonds (which are + documented in vswitchd/INTERNALS). + - Load balancing can be disabled by setting the bond-rebalance-interval + to zero. + - Logging to console and file will have UTC timestamp as a default for all + the daemons. An example of the default format is 2012-01-27T16:35:17Z. + ovs-appctl can be used to change the default format as before. + + +v1.5.0 - xx xxx xxxx +------------------------ + - OpenFlow: + - Added support for querying, modifying, and deleting flows + based on flow cookie when using NXM. + - Added new NXM_PACKET_IN format. + - Added new NXAST_DEC_TTL action. + - ovs-ofctl: + - Added daemonization support to the monitor and snoop commands. + - ovs-vsctl: + - The "find" command supports new set relational operators + {=}, {!=}, {<}, {>}, {<=}, and {>=}. + - ovsdb-tool now uses the typical database and schema installation + directories as defaults. + + +v1.4.0 - 30 Jan 2012 +------------------------ + - Compatible with Open vSwitch kernel module included in Linux 3.3. - New "VLAN splinters" feature to work around buggy device drivers in old Linux versions. (This feature is deprecated. When broken device drivers are no longer in widespread use, we will @@ -11,6 +43,13 @@ post-v1.3.0 - Added ability to match on TTL in IPv4 and IPv6 through NXM. - Added ability to modify ECN bits in IPv4. - Added ability to modify TTL in IPv4. + - ovs-vswitchd: + - Don't require the "normal" action to use mirrors. Traffic will + now be properly mirrored for any flows, regardless of their + actions. + - Track packet and byte statistics sent on mirrors. + - The sFlow implementation can now usually infer the correct agent + device instead of having to be told explicitly. - ovs-appctl: - New "fdb/flush" command to flush bridge's MAC learning table. - ovs-test: @@ -18,9 +57,16 @@ post-v1.3.0 and connectivity issues. This tool currently is not included in RH or Xen packages. - RHEL packaging now supports integration with Red Hat network scripts. + - bonding: + - Post 1.4.*, OVS will be changing the default bond mode from balance-slb + to active-backup. SLB bonds carry significant risks with them + (documented vswitchd/INTERNALS) which we want to prevent unsuspecting + users from running into. Users are advised to update any scripts or + configuration which may be negatively impacted by explicitly setting + the bond mode which they want to use. -v1.3.0 - xx xxx xxxx +v1.3.0 - 09 Dec 2011 ------------------------ - OpenFlow: - Added an OpenFlow extension which allows the "output" action to accept @@ -50,8 +96,8 @@ v1.3.0 - xx xxx xxxx via "ip_frag" in ovs-ofctl). - New ovs-ofctl "get-frags" and "set-frags" commands to get and set fragment handling policy. - - CAPWAP tunneling now supports an extension to transport a 64-key. By - default it remains compatible with the old version and other + - CAPWAP tunneling now supports an extension to transport a 64-bit key. + By default it remains compatible with the old version and other standards-based implementations. - Flow setups are now processed in a round-robin manner across ports to prevent any single client from monopolizing the CPU and conducting