dpif-linux: Give each port its own userspace-kernel channel.

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     - The maximum size of the MAC learning table is now configurable.
     - New support for the VXLAN tunnel protocol (see the IETF draft here:
       http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mahalingam-dutt-dcops-vxlan-02).
+    - With the Linux datapath, packets for new flows are now queued
+      separately on a per-port basis, so it should no longer be
+      possible for a large number of new flows arriving on one port to
+      prevent new flows from being processed on other ports.
     - New "vlog/disable-rate-limit" and "vlog/enable-rate-limit" commands
       available through ovs-appctl allow control over logging rate limits.
     - The OpenFlow "dp_desc" may now be configured by setting the value of