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@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ post-v1.8.0
     - OpenFlow:
       - Allow bitwise masking for SHA and THA fields in ARP, SLL and TLL
         fields in IPv6 neighbor discovery messages, and IPv6 flow label.
+    - ovs-ofctl:
+      - Commands and actions that accept port numbers now also accept keywords
+        that represent those ports (such as LOCAL, NONE, and ALL).  This is
+        also the recommended way to specify these ports, for compatibility
+        with OpenFlow 1.1 and later (which use the OpenFlow 1.0 numbers
+        for these ports for different purposes).
+      - Commands and actions that accept port numbers no longer accept port 0,
+        which is not a valid port number in OpenFlow 1.0 and later.
     - ovs-dpctl:
       - Support requesting the port number with the "port_no" option in
         the "add-if" command.
@@ -18,10 +26,16 @@ post-v1.8.0
       are true, but because we do not know of any users for this
       feature it seems better on balance to remove it.  (The ovs-pki-cgi
       program was not included in distribution packaging.)
-    - Stable bond mode is deprecated and will be removed no earlier than
-      February 2013.  Please email dev@openvswitch.org with concerns.
-    - The autopath action is deprecated and will be removed no earlier than
-      February 2013.  Please email dev@openvswitch.org with concerns.
+    - ovsdb-server now enforces the immutability of immutable columns.  This
+      was not enforced in earlier versions due to an oversight.
+    - New support for a nonstandard form of GRE that supports a 64-bit key.
+    - The following features are now deprecated.  They will be removed no
+      earlier than February 2013.  Please email dev@openvswitch.org with
+      concerns.
+        - Stable bond mode.
+        - The autopath action.
+        - Interface type "null".
+        - Numeric values for reserved ports (see "ovs-ofctl" note above).
 
 
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