+ * '--bundle' option can now be used with OpenFlow 1.3.
+ * New option "--color" to produce colorized output for some commands.
+ * New commands "dump-ipfix-bridge" and "dump-ipfix-flow" to dump bridge
+ IPFIX statistics and flow based IPFIX statistics.
+ - DPDK:
+ * New option "n_rxq" for PMD interfaces.
+ Old 'other_config:n-dpdk-rxqs' is no longer supported.
+ * New appctl command 'dpif-netdev/pmd-rxq-show' to check the port/rxq
+ assignment.
+ * Type of log messages from PMD threads changed from INFO to DBG.
+ * QoS functionality with sample egress-policer implementation.
+ * The mechanism for configuring DPDK has changed to use database
+ * Sensible defaults have been introduced for many of the required
+ configuration options
+ * DB entries have been added for many of the DPDK EAL command line
+ arguments. Additional arguments can be passed via the dpdk-extra
+ entry.
+ * Add ingress policing functionality.
+ * PMD threads servicing vHost User ports can now come from the NUMA
+ node that device memory is located on if CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_VHOST_NUMA
+ is enabled in DPDK.
+ - ovs-benchmark: This utility has been removed due to lack of use and
+ bitrot.
+ - ovs-appctl:
+ * New "vlog/close" command.
+ - ovs-ctl:
+ * Added the ability to selectively start the forwarding and database
+ functions (ovs-vswitchd and ovsdb-server, respectively).
+ - ovsdb-server:
+ * Remove max number of sessions limit, to enable connection scaling
+ testing.
+ - python:
+ * Added support for Python 3.4+ in addition to existing support
+ for 2.7+.
+ - SELinux:
+ * Introduced SELinux policy package.
+ - Datapath Linux kernel compatibility.
+ * Dropped support for kernel older than 3.10.
+ * Removed VLAN splinters feature.
+ - Tunnels:
+ * Flow based tunnel match and action can be used for IPv6 address using
+ tun_ipv6_src, tun_ipv6_dst fields.
+ * Added support for IPv6 tunnels to native tunneling.