2.6.x 3.10 to 4.7
2.7.x 3.10 to 4.9
2.8.x 3.10 to 4.12
+ 2.9.x 3.10 to 4.13
+ 2.10.x 3.10 to 4.17
+ 2.11.x 3.10 to 4.18
+ 2.12.x 3.10 to 5.0
+ 2.14.x 3.10 to 5.5
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Open vSwitch userspace should also work with the Linux kernel module built
OVS source tree.
Userspace
- Also known as DPDK, dpif-netdev or dummy datapath. It is the only
- datapath that works on NetBSD, FreeBSD and Mac OSX.
+ This datapath supports conventional system devices as well as
+ DPDK and AF_XDP devices when support for those is built. This
+ is the only datapath that works on NetBSD, FreeBSD and Mac OSX.
Hyper-V
Also known as the Windows datapath.
- The following table lists the datapath supported features from an Open
- vSwitch user's perspective.
-
- ===================== ============== ============== ========= =======
- Feature Linux upstream Linux OVS tree Userspace Hyper-V
- ===================== ============== ============== ========= =======
- NAT 4.6 YES Yes NO
- Connection tracking 4.3 YES PARTIAL PARTIAL
- Tunnel - LISP NO YES NO NO
- Tunnel - STT NO YES NO YES
- Tunnel - GRE 3.11 YES YES YES
- Tunnel - VXLAN 3.12 YES YES YES
- Tunnel - Geneve 3.18 YES YES YES
- Tunnel - GRE-IPv6 NO NO YES NO
- Tunnel - VXLAN-IPv6 4.3 YES YES NO
- Tunnel - Geneve-IPv6 4.4 YES YES NO
- QoS - Policing YES YES YES NO
- QoS - Shaping YES YES NO NO
- sFlow YES YES YES NO
- IPFIX 3.10 YES YES NO
- Set action YES YES YES PARTIAL
- NIC Bonding YES YES YES YES
- Multiple VTEPs YES YES YES YES
- ===================== ============== ============== ========= =======
+ The following table lists the datapath supported features from an
+ Open vSwitch user's perspective. The "Linux upstream" column
+ lists the Linux kernel version that introduced a given feature
+ into its kernel module. The "Linux OVS tree" and "Userspace"
+ columns list the Open vSwitch release versions that introduced a
+ given feature into the included kernel module or the userspace
+ datapath, respectively.
+
+ ========================== ============== ============== ========= =======
+ Feature Linux upstream Linux OVS tree Userspace Hyper-V
+ ========================== ============== ============== ========= =======
+ Connection tracking 4.3 2.5 2.6 YES
+ Conntrack Fragment Reass. 4.3 2.6 2.12 YES
+ Conntrack Timeout Policies 5.2 2.12 NO NO
+ Conntrack Zone Limit 4.18 2.10 2.13 YES
+ Conntrack NAT 4.6 2.6 2.8 YES
+ Tunnel - LISP NO 2.11 NO NO
+ Tunnel - STT NO 2.4 NO YES
+ Tunnel - GRE 3.11 1.0 2.4 YES
+ Tunnel - VXLAN 3.12 1.10 2.4 YES
+ Tunnel - Geneve 3.18 2.4 2.4 YES
+ Tunnel - GRE-IPv6 4.18 2.6 2.6 NO
+ Tunnel - VXLAN-IPv6 4.3 2.6 2.6 NO
+ Tunnel - Geneve-IPv6 4.4 2.6 2.6 NO
+ Tunnel - ERSPAN 4.18 2.10 2.10 NO
+ Tunnel - ERSPAN-IPv6 4.18 2.10 2.10 NO
+ QoS - Policing YES 1.1 2.6 NO
+ QoS - Shaping YES 1.1 NO NO
+ sFlow YES 1.0 1.0 NO
+ IPFIX 3.10 1.11 1.11 YES
+ Set action YES 1.0 1.0 PARTIAL
+ NIC Bonding YES 1.0 1.0 YES
+ Multiple VTEPs YES 1.10 1.10 YES
+ Meter action 4.15 2.10 2.7 NO
+ ========================== ============== ============== ========= =======
Do note, however:
* Only a limited set of flow fields is modifiable via the set action by the
Hyper-V datapath.
+ * Userspace datapath support, in some cases, is dependent on the associated
+ interface types. For example, DPDK interfaces support ingress and egress
+ policing, but not shaping.
+
The following table lists features that do not *directly* impact an Open
vSwitch user, e.g. because their absence can be hidden by the ofproto layer
(usually this comes with a performance penalty).
2.4.x 2.0
2.5.x 2.2
2.6.x 16.07.2
- 2.7.x 16.11.2
- 2.8.x 17.05.1
+ 2.7.x 16.11.9
+ 2.8.x 17.05.2
+ 2.9.x 17.11.4
+ 2.10.x 17.11.4
+ 2.11.x 18.11.6
+ 2.12.x 18.11.6
+ 2.13.x 19.11.0
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+Q: Are all the DPDK releases that OVS versions work with maintained?
+
+ No. DPDK follows YY.MM.n (Year.Month.Number) versioning.
+
+ Typically, all DPDK releases get a stable YY.MM.1 update with bugfixes 3
+ months after the YY.MM.0 release. In some cases there may also be a
+ YY.MM.2 release.
+
+ DPDK LTS releases start once a year at YY.11.0 and are maintained for
+ two years, with YY.MM.n+1 releases around every 3 months.
+
+ The latest information about DPDK stable and LTS releases can be found
+ at `DPDK stable`_.
+
+.. _DPDK stable: http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/contributing/stable.html
+
Q: I get an error like this when I configure Open vSwitch:
configure: error: Linux kernel in <dir> is version <x>, but
GRE 3.11
VXLAN 3.12
Geneve 3.18
+ ERSPAN 4.18
LISP not upstream
STT not upstream
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