-Post-v2.4.0
+v2.5.0 - 26 Feb 2016
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- 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
* 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.
- - Support for matching/generating options as well as the OAM bit with
- Geneve tunnels.
+ - 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.
- - Added OpenFlow 1.4+ OFPT_SET_ASYNC_CONFIG and OFPT_GET_ASYNC_CONFIG
- that allows controllers to have more precise control over OpenFlow1.4
- asynchronous messages.
- 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
- - Dropped support for GRE64 tunnel.
- Mark --syslog-target argument as deprecated. It will be removed in
the next OVS release.
- Added --user option to all daemons
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
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