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diff --git a/OPENFLOW-1.1+ b/OPENFLOW-1.1+
index 07b2660f8..6fee77c91 100644
--- a/OPENFLOW-1.1+
+++ b/OPENFLOW-1.1+
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
                 OpenFlow 1.1+ support in Open vSwitch
                 =====================================
 
-Open vSwitch support for OpenFlow 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 is a work in
+Open vSwitch support for OpenFlow 1.1 and beyond is a work in
 progress.  This file describes the work still to be done.
 
 The Plan
@@ -54,18 +54,6 @@ OpenFlow 1.1
 The list of remaining work items for OpenFlow 1.1 is below.  It is
 probably incomplete.
 
-    * The new in_phy_port field in OFPT_PACKET_IN needs some kind of
-      implementation.  It has a sensible interpretation for tunnels
-      but in general the physical port is not in the datapath for OVS
-      so the value is not necessarily meaningful.  We might have to
-      just fix it as the same as in_port.
-      [required for OF1.1; optional for OF1.2+]
-
-    * OFPT_TABLE_MOD message.  This is new in OF1.1, so we need to
-      implement it.  It should be implemented so that the default OVS
-      behavior does not change.
-      [required for OF1.1 and OF1.2]
-
     * MPLS.  Simon Horman maintains a patch series that adds this
       feature.  This is partially merged.
       [optional for OF1.1+]
@@ -78,23 +66,6 @@ probably incomplete.
       reasonable performance.
       [required for OF1.1+]
 
-    * Groups.
-
-        * Type all
-          [required for OF1.1+]
-
-        * Type select
-          [optional for OF1.1+]
-
-        * Type indirect
-          [required for OF1.1+]
-
-        * Type fast failover
-          [optional for OF1.1+]
-
-        * Statistics
-          [optional for OF1.1+]
-
 OpenFlow 1.2
 ------------
 
@@ -111,16 +82,18 @@ following additional work.  (This is based on the change log at the
 end of the OF1.3 spec, reusing most of the section titles directly.  I
 didn't compare the specs carefully yet.)
 
-    * Send errors for unsupported multipart requests.
-      [required for OF1.3+]
-
     * Add support for multipart requests.
+      Currently we always report OFPBRC_MULTIPART_BUFFER_OVERFLOW.
       [optional for OF1.3+]
 
-    * Add OFPMP_TABLE_FEATURES statistics.
-      [optional for OF1.3+]
+    * Add OFPMP_TABLE_FEATURES statistics.  Alexander Wu has posted a
+      patch series.  [optional for OF1.3+]
 
     * More flexible table miss support.
+      This requires the following.
+      - Change the default table-miss action (in the absense of table-miss
+        entry) from packet_in to drop for OF1.3+.  Decide what to do if
+        a switch is configured to support multiple OF versions.
       [required for OF1.3+]
 
     * IPv6 extension header handling support.  Fully implementing this
@@ -129,18 +102,11 @@ didn't compare the specs carefully yet.)
       that is all done, is probably 2 or 3 days work.
       [optional for OF1.3+]
 
-    * Per-flow meters.  Similar to IPv6 extension headers in kernel
-      and design requirements.  Might be politically difficult to add
-      directly to the kernel module, since its functionality overlaps
-      with tc.  Ideally, therefore, we could implement these somehow
-      with tc, but I haven't investigated whether that makes sense.
+    * Per-flow meters.  OpenFlow protocol support is now implemented.
+      Support for the special OFPM_SLOWPATH and OFPM_CONTROLLER meters
+      is missing.  Support for the software switch is under review.
       [optional for OF1.3+]
 
-    * Per-connection event filtering.  OF1.3 adopted Open vSwitch's
-      existing design for this feature so implementation should be
-      easy.
-      [required for OF1.3+]
-
     * Auxiliary connections.  An implementation in generic code might
       be a week's worth of work.  The value of an implementation in
       generic code is questionable, though, since much of the benefit
@@ -150,17 +116,10 @@ didn't compare the specs carefully yet.)
       some kind of "hardware" support, if we judged it useful enough.)
       [optional for OF1.3+]
 
-    * MPLS BoS matching.  (Included in Simon's MPLS series?)
-      [optional for OF1.3+]
-
     * Provider Backbone Bridge tagging.  I don't plan to implement
       this (but we'd accept an implementation).
       [optional for OF1.3+]
 
-    * Rework tag order.  I'm not sure whether we need to do anything
-      for this. Part of MPLS patchset by Simon Horman.
-      [required for v1.3+]
-
     * On-demand flow counters.  I think this might be a real
       optimization in some cases for the software switch.
       [optional for OF1.3+]
@@ -255,6 +214,12 @@ OpenFlow 1.4
       [EXT-235]
       [optional for OF1.4+]
 
+General
+-----
+
+    * ovs-ofctl(8) often lists as Nicira extensions features that
+      later OpenFlow versions support in standard ways.
+
 How to contribute
 -----------------