X-Git-Url: http://git.cascardo.eti.br/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=d3757d7959c1d7aee4b812cab53c5a71f087b42f;hb=22d4614ddf83988a3771fb379ea029e663b4455a;hp=c59f3a8d8d563789fe8883121b60d32e13afb90c;hpb=532e1463fcfb71738316a86420ae4fcb07b56ac3;p=cascardo%2Fovs.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index c59f3a8d8..d3757d795 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Post-v2.4.0 +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 +6,44 @@ 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 + - SELinux: + * Introduced SELinux policy package. + +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