X-Git-Url: http://git.cascardo.eti.br/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=4cf66f967d1ab026c9b306e14382e85d5a48e0c9;hb=refs%2Fheads%2Frtnetlink;hp=c59f3a8d8d563789fe8883121b60d32e13afb90c;hpb=532e1463fcfb71738316a86420ae4fcb07b56ac3;p=cascardo%2Fovs.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index c59f3a8d8..4cf66f967 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,4 +1,69 @@ -Post-v2.4.0 +Post-v2.5.0 +--------------------- + - ovsdb-server: + * New "monitor2" and "update2" extensions to RFC 7047. + - OpenFlow: + * OpenFlow 1.1+ OFPT_QUEUE_GET_CONFIG_REQUEST now supports OFPP_ANY. + * OpenFlow 1.4+ OFPMP_QUEUE_DESC is now supported. + * OpenFlow 1.4+ OFPT_TABLE_STATUS is now supported. + * New property-based packet-in message format NXT_PACKET_IN2 with support + for arbitrary user-provided data and for serializing flow table + traversal into a continuation for later resumption. + * New extension message NXT_SET_ASYNC_CONFIG2 to allow OpenFlow 1.4-like + control over asynchronous messages in earlier versions of OpenFlow. + * OpenFlow 1.3 Extension 230, adding OpenFlow Bundles support, is + now implemented. Only flow mod and port mod messages are supported + in bundles. + * New OpenFlow extension NXM_NX_MPLS_TTL to provide access to MPLS TTL. + * New "sampling_port" option for "sample" action to allow sampling + ingress and egress tunnel metadata. + - ovs-ofctl: + * queue-get-config command now allows a queue ID to be specified. + * '--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. + +v2.5.0 - 26 Feb 2016 --------------------- - Dropped support for Python older than version 2.7. As a consequence, using Open vSwitch 2.5 or later on XenServer 6.5 or earlier (which @@ -6,10 +71,42 @@ Post-v2.4.0 - OpenFlow: * Group chaining (where one OpenFlow group triggers another) is now supported. - - Support for matching and generating options with Geneve tunnels. - - -v2.4.0 - xx xxx xxxx + * OpenFlow 1.4+ "importance" is now considered for flow eviction. + * OpenFlow 1.4+ OFPTC_EVICTION is now implemented. + * OpenFlow 1.4+ OFPTC_VACANCY_EVENTS is now implemented. + * OpenFlow 1.4+ OFPMP_TABLE_DESC is now implemented. + * Allow modifying the ICMPv4/ICMPv6 type and code fields. + * OpenFlow 1.4+ OFPT_SET_ASYNC_CONFIG and OFPT_GET_ASYNC_CONFIG are + now implemented. + - ovs-ofctl: + * New "out_group" keyword for OpenFlow 1.1+ matching on output group. + - Tunnels: + * Geneve tunnels can now match and set options and the OAM bit. + * The nonstandard GRE64 tunnel extension has been dropped. + - Support Multicast Listener Discovery (MLDv1 and MLDv2). + - Add 'symmetric_l3l4' and 'symmetric_l3l4+udp' hash functions. + - sFlow agent now reports tunnel and MPLS structures. + - New 'check-system-userspace', 'check-kmod' and 'check-kernel' Makefile + targets to run a new system testsuite. These tests can be run inside + a Vagrant box. See INSTALL.md for details + - Mark --syslog-target argument as deprecated. It will be removed in + the next OVS release. + - Added --user option to all daemons + - Add support for connection tracking through the new "ct" action + and "ct_state"/"ct_zone"/"ct_mark"/"ct_label" match fields. Only + available on Linux kernels with the connection tracking module loaded. + - Add experimental version of OVN. OVN, the Open Virtual Network, is a + system to support virtual network abstraction. OVN complements the + existing capabilities of OVS to add native support for virtual network + abstractions, such as virtual L2 and L3 overlays and security groups. + - RHEL packaging: + * DPDK ports may now be created via network scripts (see README.RHEL). + - DPDK: + * Requires DPDK 2.2 + * Added multiqueue support to vhost-user + * Note: QEMU 2.5+ required for multiqueue support + +v2.4.0 - 20 Aug 2015 --------------------- - Flow table modifications are now atomic, meaning that each packet now sees a coherent version of the OpenFlow pipeline. For