X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=f9953ab3601fe151127dcc5b71d75e8ffbecfed2;hb=34290dbfe54a930258d4c1d00e82e7c3f51cea5f;hp=98d300b40e2b908d5959a31ff9692689e86f6d33;hpb=b13b6d478648249589d87ff55f49213ab3ec533c;p=sliver-openvswitch.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 98d300b40..f9953ab36 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,35 @@ -post-v1.10.0 +post-v1.12.0 --------------------- + + +v1.12.0 - xx xxx xxxx +--------------------- + - OpenFlow: + * Experimental support for OpenFlow 1.1 (in addition to 1.2 and + 1.3, which had experimental support in 1.10). + * 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. + - The Interface table in the database has a new "ifindex" column to + report the interface's OS-assigned ifindex. + - 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"). + - Added ovs-dev.py, a utility script helpful for Open vSwitch developers. + - Support for Linux kernels up to 3.9 + - ovs-ofctl: + * New "ofp-parse" for printing OpenFlow messages read from a file. + + +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. @@ -12,15 +42,23 @@ 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". + * "dump-flows" now has a -m option to increase output verbosity. + - 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