X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=a1e3e1b0f7b7474bc7d0df24b10f8757196e80e6;hb=9b80f761bed9a32c1b0eb22ee3361966057ea973;hp=6f3b2397cf7821aecd35c9413aa60077f6a86165;hpb=530180fd5a99e2c55107831f99fee84d6780f38c;p=sliver-openvswitch.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 6f3b2397c..a1e3e1b0f 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,13 +1,113 @@ -post-v1.3.0 +post-v1.6.0 +------------------------ + - kernel modules are renamed. openvswitch_mod.ko is now + openvswitch.ko and brcompat_mod.ko is now brcompat.ko. + + +v1.6.0 - xx xxx xxxx +------------------------ + - 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. + - OpenFlow: + - Added support for bitwise matching on TCP and UDP ports. + See ovs-ofctl(8) for more information. + - NXM flow dumps now include times elapsed toward idle and hard + timeouts. + - Added an OpenFlow extension NXT_SET_ASYNC_CONFIG that allows + controllers more precise control over which OpenFlow messages they + receive asynchronously. + - New "fin_timeout" action. + - Added "fin_timeout" support to "learn" action. + - New Nicira action NXAST_CONTROLLER that offers additional features + over output to OFPP_CONTROLLER. + - The default MAC learning timeout has been increased from 60 seconds + to 300 seconds. The MAC learning timeout is now configurable. + - When QoS settings for an interface do not configure a default queue + (queue 0), Open vSwitch now uses a default configuration for that + queue, instead of dropping all packets as in previous versions. + - Logging: + - 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. + - The syntax of commands and options to set log levels was simplified, + to make it easier to remember. + - New support for limiting the number of flows in an OpenFlow flow + table, with configurable policy for evicting flows upon + overflow. See the Flow_Table table in ovs-vswitch.conf.db(5) + for more information. + - New "enable-async-messages" column in the Controller table. If set to + false, OpenFlow connections to the controller will initially have all + asynchronous messages disabled, overriding normal OpenFlow behavior. + - ofproto-provider interface: + - "struct rule" has a new member "used" that ofproto implementations + should maintain by updating with ofproto_rule_update_used(). + - ovsdb-client: + - The new option --timestamp causes the "monitor" command to print + a timestamp with every update. + - CFM module CCM broadcasts can now be tagged with an 802.1p priority. + + +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 + delete this feature.) See ovs-vswitchd.conf.db(5) for more + information. - OpenFlow: - Added ability to match on IPv6 flow label through NXM. - Added ability to match on ECN bits in IPv4 and IPv6 through NXM. + - 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: + - A new distributed testing tool that allows one to diagnose performance + 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 @@ -37,8 +137,8 @@ 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 @@ -85,7 +185,7 @@ v1.2.0 - 03 Aug 2011 datapath/linux-2.6/compat-2.6 directories. - Feature removals: - Dropped support for "tun_id_from_cookie" OpenFlow extension. - Please use the extensible match extensions instead. + Please use the extensible match extensions instead. - Removed the Maintenance_Point and Monitor tables in an effort to simplify 802.1ag configuration. - Performance and scalability improvements