X-Git-Url: http://git.cascardo.eti.br/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=d21b5081f4f1bef2d14699be21605a2f43a157c7;hb=99c8be3ee47022ce7e02070a5a0a420555c9a720;hp=395444b5da934244a69ae996e5cf828bf25fc21c;hpb=e23812fc60afd7d4708c5e1fae72c0539a90b8ce;p=cascardo%2Fovs.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 395444b5d..d21b5081f 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,4 +1,32 @@ -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. + * 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. + - ovs-ofctl: + * queue-get-config command now allows a queue ID to be specified. + - DPDK: + * New option "n_rxq" for PMD interfaces. + Old 'other_config:n-dpdk-rxqs' is no longer supported. + - ovs-benchmark: This utility has been removed due to lack of use and + bitrot. + - ovs-appctl: + * New "vlog/close" command. + - 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+. + +v2.5.0 - xx xxx xxxx --------------------- - 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 @@ -6,9 +34,42 @@ Post-v2.4.0 - OpenFlow: * Group chaining (where one OpenFlow group triggers another) is now supported. - - -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 + + +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 @@ -116,6 +177,10 @@ v2.4.0 - xx xxx xxxx - Support for STT tunneling. - ovs-sim: New developer tool for simulating multiple OVS instances. See ovs-sim(1) for more information. + - Support to configure method (--syslog-method argument) that determines + how daemons will talk with syslog. + - Support for "ovs-appctl vlog/list-pattern" command that lets to query + logging message format for each destination. v2.3.0 - 14 Aug 2014