X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?p=sliver-openvswitch.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=704513e5e15f42b33926de59f71c0c2a83f29a69;hp=3f6febdfe6a7bb42d38602192cac1f08e390040b;hb=HEAD;hpb=60e46251f0b4398fa3e45623e3af1fd8238872f9 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 3f6febdfe..704513e5e 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,6 +1,40 @@ -Post-v2.0.0 +Post-v2.2.0 +--------------------- + - OpenFlow 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 are now enabled by default in + ovs-vswitchd. + - Linux kernel datapath now has an exact match cache optimizing the + flow matching process. + - Datapath flows now have partially wildcarded tranport port field + matches. This reduces userspace upcalls, but increases the + number of different masks in the datapath. The kernel datapath + exact match cache removes the overhead of matching the incoming + packets with the larger number of masks, but when paired with an + older kernel module, some workloads may perform worse with the + new userspace. + +v2.2.0 - xx xxx xxx +--------------------- + - Internal ports are no longer brought up by default, because it + should be an administrator task to bring up devices as they are + configured properly. + - ovs-vsctl now reports when ovs-vswitchd fails to create a new port or + bridge. + - The "ovsdbmonitor" graphical tool has been removed, because it was + poorly maintained and not widely used. + - New "check-ryu" Makefile target for running Ryu tests for OpenFlow + controllers against Open vSwitch. See INSTALL for details. + - Added IPFIX support for SCTP flows and templates for ICMPv4/v6 flows. + - Upon the receipt of a SIGHUP signal, ovs-vswitchd no longer reopens its + log file (it will terminate instead). Please use 'ovs-appctl vlog/reopen' + instead. + - Support for Linux kernels up to 3.14. From Kernel 3.12 onwards OVS uses + tunnel API for GRE and VXLAN. + - Added DPDK support. + - Added support for custom vlog patterns in Python + + +v2.1.0 - 19 Mar 2014 --------------------- - - Address prefix tracking support for flow tables. New columns "prefixes" in OVS-DB table "Flow_Table" controls which packet header fields are used for address prefix tracking. Prefix @@ -60,6 +94,7 @@ Post-v2.0.0 hard limit on the number of flows in the datapath. It defaults to 200,000 flows. OVS automatically adjusts this number depending on network conditions. + - Added IPv6 support for active and passive socket communications. v2.0.0 - 15 Oct 2013