Post-v2.3.0
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+ - Added support for SFQ, FQ_CoDel and CoDel qdiscs.
+ - Add bash command-line completion support for ovs-vsctl Please check
+ utilities/ovs-command-compgen.INSTALL.md for how to use.
- The MAC learning feature now includes per-port fairness to mitigate
MAC flooding attacks.
- New support for a "conjunctive match" OpenFlow extension, which
is executed last, and only if the action set has no "output" or "group"
action.
* OpenFlow 1.4+ flow "importance" is now maintained in the flow table.
+ * A new Netronome extension to OpenFlow 1.5+ allows control over the
+ fields hashed for OpenFlow select groups. See "selection_method" and
+ related options in ovs-ofctl(8) for details.
- ovs-pki: Changed message digest algorithm from MD5 to SHA-1 because
MD5 is no longer secure and some operating systems have started to disable
it in OpenSSL.
- A simple wrapper script, 'ovs-docker', to integrate OVS with Docker
containers. If and when there is a native integration of Open vSwitch
with Docker, the wrapper script will be retired.
- - Added support for DPDK Tunneling. VXLAN and GRE are supported protocols.
- This is generic tunneling mechanism for userspace datapath.
+ - Added support for DPDK Tunneling. VXLAN, GRE, and Geneve are supported
+ protocols. This is generic tunneling mechanism for userspace datapath.
- Support for multicast snooping (IGMPv1 and IGMPv2)
- Support for Linux kernels up to 3.19.x
- The documentation now use the term 'destination' to mean one of syslog,
console or file for vlog logging instead of the previously used term
'facility'.
- Support for VXLAN Group Policy extension
+ - Initial support for the IETF Auto-Attach SPBM draft standard. This
+ contains rudimentary support for the LLDP protocol as needed for
+ Auto-Attach.
+ - The default OpenFlow and OVSDB ports are now the IANA-assigned
+ numbers. OpenFlow is 6653 and OVSDB is 6640.
+ - Support for DPDK vHost.
+ - Support for outer UDP checksums in Geneve and VXLAN.
+ - The kernel vports with dependencies are no longer part of the overall
+ openvswitch.ko but built and loaded automatically as individual kernel
+ modules (vport-*.ko).
+ - Support for STT tunneling.
v2.3.0 - 14 Aug 2014