X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=b07a6516219fe5dce0b3fea1a006777c0b6c24f2;hb=2b92bb41f78622084452dcb647eef29bc16eb700;hp=f23b36651035de49718e6c45772fde33b80d0727;hpb=f9ee9dcb378f460741989f60fadfb3ed53a320c6;p=sliver-openvswitch.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index f23b36651..b07a65162 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,25 @@ -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. + - 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"). + + +v1.11.0 - xx xxx xxxx +--------------------- + - 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. - The autopath action has been removed. - New support for the data encapsulation format of the LISP tunnel @@ -10,15 +30,22 @@ post-v1.10.0 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". + - 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 - 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 @@ -80,6 +107,7 @@ 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 - 26 Feb 2013