Merge branch 'mainstream'

[sliver-openvswitch.git] / OPENFLOW-1.1+

diff --git a/OPENFLOW-1.1+ b/OPENFLOW-1.1+
index f978cb5..eaf2ee9 100644 (file)
--- a/OPENFLOW-1.1+
+++ b/OPENFLOW-1.1+
@@ -54,13 +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.
@@ -86,11 +79,6 @@ additional work specific to Openflow 1.2 are complete.  (This is based
 on the change log at the end of the OF1.2 spec.  I didn't compare the
 specs carefully yet.)
 
-    * Action translation needs some work to transform OpenFlow 1.1
-      field modification actions into OpenFlow 1.2+ "set-field"
-      actions, because OpenFlow 1.2 dropped support for the OF1.1
-      actions.
-
 OpenFlow 1.3
 ------------
 
@@ -119,18 +107,11 @@ 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
@@ -140,15 +121,16 @@ 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?)
+    * MPLS BoS matching.
+      Part of MPLS patchset by Simon Horman.
       [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.
+    * Rework tag order.
+      Part of MPLS patchset by Simon Horman.
       [required for v1.3+]
 
     * On-demand flow counters.  I think this might be a real
@@ -245,6 +227,12 @@ 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
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