X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=58cc4fdeba55f988fa64d76dbfd56a0d87284bfe;hb=refs%2Fheads%2Fof1.1;hp=8d7addff9823087021233288a5ff0bb2d0fa47b2;hpb=e68bfcfc31f3dd393fc5e93838aa5051ad44e139;p=openvswitch diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 8d7addff..58cc4fde 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,9 +1,150 @@ -port-v1.4.0 +post-v1.8.0 ------------------------ + - ovs-bugtool: New --ovs option to report only OVS related information. + - New %t and %T log escapes to identify the subprogram within a + cooperating group of processes or threads that emitted a log message. + The default log patterns now include this information. + - OpenFlow: + - Allow bitwise masking for SHA and THA fields in ARP, SLL and TLL + fields in IPv6 neighbor discovery messages, and IPv6 flow label. + + +v1.8.0 - xx xxx xxxx +------------------------ + - New FAQ. Please send updates and additions! + - Authors of controllers, please read the new section titled "Action + Reproduction" in DESIGN, which describes an Open vSwitch change in + behavior in corner cases that may affect some controllers. + - ovs-l3ping: + - A new test utility that can create L3 tunnel between two Open + vSwitches and detect connectivity issues. + - ovs-ofctl: + - New --sort and --rsort options for "dump-flows" command. + - "mod-port" command can now control all OpenFlow config flags. + - OpenFlow: + - Allow general bitwise masking for IPv4 and IPv6 addresses in + IPv4, IPv6, and ARP packets. (Previously, only CIDR masks + were allowed.) + - Allow support for arbitrary Ethernet masks. (Previously, only + the multicast bit in the destination address could be individually + masked.) + - New field OXM_OF_METADATA, to align with OpenFlow 1.1. + - The OFPST_QUEUE request now reports an error if a specified port or + queue does not exist, or for requests for a specific queue on all + ports, if the specified queue does not exist on any port. (Previous + versions generally reported an empty set of results.) + - New "flow monitor" feature to allow controllers to be notified of + flow table changes as they happen. + - Additional protocols are not mirrored and dropped when forward-bpdu is + false. For a full list, see the ovs-vswitchd.conf.db man page. + - Open vSwitch now sends RARP packets in situations where it previously + sent a custom protocol, making it consistent with behavior of QEMU and + VMware. + - All Open vSwitch programs and log files now show timestamps in UTC, + instead the local timezone, by default. + + +v1.7.0 - xx xxx xxxx +------------------------ + - kernel modules are renamed. openvswitch_mod.ko is now + openvswitch.ko and brcompat_mod.ko is now brcompat.ko. + - Increased the number of NXM registers to 8. + - Added ability to configure dscp setting for manager and controller + connections. By default, these connections have a DSCP value of + Internetwork Control (0xc0). + - Added the granular link health statistics, 'cfm_health', to an + interface. + - OpenFlow: + - Added support to mask nd_target for ICMPv6 neighbor discovery flows. + - Added support for OpenFlow 1.3 port description (OFPMP_PORT_DESC) + multipart messages. + - ovs-ofctl: + - Added the "dump-ports-desc" command to retrieve port + information using the new port description multipart messages. + - ovs-test: + - Added support for spawning ovs-test server from the client. + - Now ovs-test is able to automatically create test bridges and ports. + - "ovs-dpctl dump-flows" now prints observed TCP flags in TCP flows. + - The "coverage/log" command previously available through ovs-appctl + has been replaced by "coverage/show". The new command replies with + coverage counter values, instead of logging them. + + +v1.6.1 - 25 Jun 2012 +------------------------ + - Allow OFPP_CONTROLLER as the in_port for packet-out messages. + + +v1.6.0 - 24 Feb 2012 +------------------------ + *** Internal only release *** + - bonding + - LACP bonds no longer fall back to balance-slb when negotiations fail. + Instead they drop traffic. + - The default bond_mode changed from SLB to active-backup, to protect + unsuspecting users from the significant risks of SLB bonds (which are + documented in vswitchd/INTERNALS). + - Load balancing can be disabled by setting the bond-rebalance-interval + to zero. + - OpenFlow: + - Added support for bitwise matching on TCP and UDP ports. + See ovs-ofctl(8) for more information. + - NXM flow dumps now include times elapsed toward idle and hard + timeouts. + - Added an OpenFlow extension NXT_SET_ASYNC_CONFIG that allows + controllers more precise control over which OpenFlow messages they + receive asynchronously. + - New "fin_timeout" action. + - Added "fin_timeout" support to "learn" action. + - New Nicira action NXAST_CONTROLLER that offers additional features + over output to OFPP_CONTROLLER. + - When QoS settings for an interface do not configure a default queue + (queue 0), Open vSwitch now uses a default configuration for that + queue, instead of dropping all packets as in previous versions. + - Logging: + - Logging to console and file will have UTC timestamp as a default for + all the daemons. An example of the default format is + 2012-01-27T16:35:17Z. ovs-appctl can be used to change the default + format as before. + - The syntax of commands and options to set log levels was simplified, + to make it easier to remember. + - New support for limiting the number of flows in an OpenFlow flow + table, with configurable policy for evicting flows upon + overflow. See the Flow_Table table in ovs-vswitch.conf.db(5) + for more information. + - New "enable-async-messages" column in the Controller table. If set to + false, OpenFlow connections to the controller will initially have all + asynchronous messages disabled, overriding normal OpenFlow behavior. + - ofproto-provider interface: + - "struct rule" has a new member "used" that ofproto implementations + should maintain by updating with ofproto_rule_update_used(). + - ovsdb-client: + - The new option --timestamp causes the "monitor" command to print + a timestamp with every update. + - CFM module CCM broadcasts can now be tagged with an 802.1p priority. + + +v1.5.0 - 01 Jun 2012 +------------------------ + - OpenFlow: + - Added support for querying, modifying, and deleting flows + based on flow cookie when using NXM. + - Added new NXM_PACKET_IN format. + - Added new NXAST_DEC_TTL action. + - ovs-ofctl: + - Added daemonization support to the monitor and snoop commands. + - ovs-vsctl: + - The "find" command supports new set relational operators + {=}, {!=}, {<}, {>}, {<=}, and {>=}. + - ovsdb-tool now uses the typical database and schema installation + directories as defaults. + - The default MAC learning timeout has been increased from 60 seconds + to 300 seconds. The MAC learning timeout is now configurable. -v1.4.0 - xx xxx xxxx +v1.4.0 - 30 Jan 2012 ------------------------ + - Compatible with Open vSwitch kernel module included in Linux 3.3. - New "VLAN splinters" feature to work around buggy device drivers in old Linux versions. (This feature is deprecated. When broken device drivers are no longer in widespread use, we will @@ -20,6 +161,8 @@ v1.4.0 - xx xxx xxxx now be properly mirrored for any flows, regardless of their actions. - Track packet and byte statistics sent on mirrors. + - The sFlow implementation can now usually infer the correct agent + device instead of having to be told explicitly. - ovs-appctl: - New "fdb/flush" command to flush bridge's MAC learning table. - ovs-test: @@ -27,9 +170,16 @@ v1.4.0 - xx xxx xxxx and connectivity issues. This tool currently is not included in RH or Xen packages. - RHEL packaging now supports integration with Red Hat network scripts. + - bonding: + - Post 1.4.*, OVS will be changing the default bond mode from balance-slb + to active-backup. SLB bonds carry significant risks with them + (documented vswitchd/INTERNALS) which we want to prevent unsuspecting + users from running into. Users are advised to update any scripts or + configuration which may be negatively impacted by explicitly setting + the bond mode which they want to use. -v1.3.0 - xx xxx xxxx +v1.3.0 - 09 Dec 2011 ------------------------ - OpenFlow: - Added an OpenFlow extension which allows the "output" action to accept @@ -59,8 +209,8 @@ v1.3.0 - xx xxx xxxx via "ip_frag" in ovs-ofctl). - New ovs-ofctl "get-frags" and "set-frags" commands to get and set fragment handling policy. - - CAPWAP tunneling now supports an extension to transport a 64-key. By - default it remains compatible with the old version and other + - CAPWAP tunneling now supports an extension to transport a 64-bit key. + By default it remains compatible with the old version and other standards-based implementations. - Flow setups are now processed in a round-robin manner across ports to prevent any single client from monopolizing the CPU and conducting