dpif-netlink: add GENEVE creation support

[cascardo/ovs.git] / NEWS

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@@ -15,9 +15,14 @@ Post-v2.5.0
        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.
@@ -25,10 +30,23 @@ Post-v2.5.0
        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.
@@ -39,6 +57,11 @@ Post-v2.5.0
      * 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
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