ChangeLog

   1 post v1.1.0
   2 ------------------------
   3     - The new "-s" option for "ovs-dpctl show" prints packet and byte
   4       counters for each port.
   5     - ovs-vsctl:
   6       - New "show" command to print an overview of configuration.
   7     - ovs-brcompatd has been rewritten to fix long-standing bugs.
   8     - ovs-openflowd has been renamed test-openflowd and moved into the
   9       tests directory.  Its presence confused too many users.  Please
  10       use ovs-vswitchd instead.
  11     - "configure" option --with-l26 has been renamed --with-linux, and
  12       --with-l26-source has been renamed --with-linux-source.  The old
  13       names will be removed after the next release, so please update
  14       your scripts.
  15     - The "-2.6" suffix has been dropped from the datapath/linux-2.6 and
  16       datapath/linux-2.6/compat-2.6 directories.
  17     - Feature removals:
  18       - Dropped support for "tun_id_from_cookie" OpenFlow extension.
  19         (Use the extensible match extensions instead.)
  20       - Removed the Maintenance_Point and Monitor tables in an effort
  21         to simplify 802.1ag configuration.
  22
  23 v1.1.0 - 05 Apr 2011
  24 ------------------------
  25     - Ability to define policies over IPv6
  26     - LACP
  27     - 802.1ag CCM
  28     - Support for extensible match extensions to OpenFlow
  29     - QoS:
  30       - Support for HFSC qdisc.
  31       - Queue used by in-band control can now be configured.
  32     - Kernel:
  33       - Kernel<->userspace interface has been reworked and should be
  34         close to a stable ABI now.
  35       - "Port group" concept has been dropped.
  36     - GRE over IPSEC tunnels
  37     - Bonding:
  38       - New active backup bonding mode.
  39       - New L4 hashing support when LACP is enabled.
  40       - Source MAC hash now includes VLAN field also.
  41       - miimon support.
  42     - Greatly improved handling of large flow tables
  43     - ovs-dpctl:
  44       - "show" command now prints full vport configuration.
  45       - "dump-groups" command removed since kernel support for
  46         port groups was dropped.
  47     - ovs-vsctl:
  48       - New commands for working with the new Managers table.
  49       - "list" command enhanced with new formatting options and --columns
  50         option.
  51       - "get" command now accepts new --id option.
  52       - New "find" command.
  53     - ovs-ofctl:
  54       - New "queue-stats" command for printing queue stats.
  55       - New commands "replace-flows" and "diff-flows".
  56       - Commands to add and remove flows can now read from files.
  57       - New --flow-format option to enable or disable NXM.
  58       - New --more option to increase OpenFlow message verbosity.
  59       - Removed "tun-cookie" command, which is no longer useful.
  60     - ovs-controller enhancements for testing various features.
  61     - New ovs-vlan-test command for testing for Linux kernel driver VLAN
  62       bugs.  New ovs-vlan-bug-workaround command for enabling and
  63       disabling a workaround for these driver bugs.
  64     - OpenFlow support:
  65       - "Resubmit" actions now update flow statistics.
  66       - New "register" extension for use in matching and actions, via NXM.
  67       - New "multipath" experimental action extension.
  68       - New support for matching multicast Ethernet frames, via NXM.
  69       - New extension for OpenFlow vendor error codes.
  70       - New extension to set the QoS output queue without actually
  71         sending to an output port.
  72       - Open vSwitch now reports a single flow table, instead of
  73         separate hash and wildcard tables.  This better models the
  74         current implementation.
  75       - New experimental "note" action.
  76       - New "ofproto/trace" ovs-appctl command and associated utilities
  77         to ease debugging complex flow tables.
  78     - Database:
  79       - Schema documentation now includes an entity-relationship diagram.
  80       - The database is now garbage collected.  In most tables,
  81         unreferenced rows will be deleted automatically.
  82       - Many tables now include statistics updated periodically by
  83         ovs-vswitchd or ovsdb-server.
  84       - Every table now has an "external-ids" column for use by OVS
  85         integrators.
  86       - There is no default controller anymore.  Each bridge must have its
  87         controller individually specified.
  88       - The "fail-mode" is now a property of a Bridge instead of a Controller.
  89       - New versioning and checksum features.
  90       - New Managers table and manager_options column in Open_vSwitch table
  91         for specifying managers.  The old "managers" column in the
  92         Open_vSwitch table has been removed.
  93       - Many "name" columns are now immutable.
  94     - Feature removals:
  95       - Dropped support for XenServer pre-5.6.100.
  96       - Dropped support for Linux pre-2.6.18.
  97       - Dropped controller discovery support.
  98       - Dropped "ovs-ofctl status" and the OpenFlow extension that it used.
  99         Statistics reporting in the database is a rough equivalent.
 100       - Dropped the "corekeeper" package (now separate, at
 101         http://openvswitch.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=corekeeper).
 102     - Performance and scalability improvements
 103     - Bug fixes
 104
 105 v1.1.0pre2 - 13 Sep 2010
 106 ------------------------
 107     - Bug fixes
 108
 109 v1.1.0pre1 - 31 Aug 2010
 110 ------------------------
 111     - OpenFlow 1.0 slicing (QoS) functionality
 112     - Python bindings for configuration database (no write support)
 113     - Performance and scalability improvements
 114     - Bug fixes
 115
 116 v1.0.1 - 31 May 2010
 117 --------------------
 118     - New "patch" interface type
 119     - Bug fixes
 120
 121 v1.0.0 - 15 May 2010
 122 --------------------
 123     - Configuration database with remote management
 124     - OpenFlow 1.0
 125     - GRE tunneling
 126     - Support for XenServer 5.5 and 5.6
 127     - Performance and scalability improvements
 128     - Bug fixes
 129
 130 v0.99.2 - 18 Feb 2010
 131 ---------------------
 132     - Bug fixes
 133
 134 v0.99.1 - 25 Jan 2010
 135 ---------------------
 136     - Add support for sFlow(R)
 137     - Make headers compatible with C++
 138     - Bug fixes
 139
 140 v0.99.0 - 14 Jan 2010
 141 ---------------------
 142     - User-space forwarding engine
 143     - Bug fixes
 144
 145 v0.90.7 - 29 Nov 2009
 146 ---------------------
 147     - Add support for NetFlow active timeouts
 148     - Bug fixes
 149
 150 v0.90.6 - 6 Oct 2009
 151 --------------------
 152     - Bug fixes
 153
 154 v0.90.5 - 21 Sep 2009
 155 ---------------------
 156     - Generalize in-band control to more diverse network setups
 157     - Bug fixes