netdev-offload-dpdk: Support offload of VLAN PUSH/POP actions.

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@@ -1,4 +1,31 @@
-Post-v2.12.0
+Post-v2.13.0
+---------------------
+   - ovs-vswitchd no longer deletes datapath flows on exit by default.
+   - OpenFlow:
+     * The OpenFlow ofp_desc/serial_num may now be configured by setting the
+       value of other-config:dp-sn in the Bridge table.
+     * Added support to watch CONTROLLER port status in fast failover group.
+     * New action "delete_field".
+   - DPDK:
+     * Deprecated DPDK pdump packet capture support removed.
+     * Deprecated DPDK ring ports (dpdkr) are no longer supported.
+     * Add hardware offload support for VLAN Push/Pop actions (experimental).
+   - Linux datapath:
+     * Support for kernel versions up to 5.5.x.
+   - AF_XDP:
+     * New netdev class 'afxdp-nonpmd' for netdev-afxdp to save CPU cycles
+       by enabling interrupt mode.
+   - Userspace datapath:
+     * Add support for conntrack zone-based timeout policy.
+     * New configuration knob 'other_config:lb-output-action' for bond ports
+       that enables new datapath action 'lb_output' to avoid recirculation
+       in balance-tcp mode.  Disabled by default.
+   - Tunnels: TC Flower offload
+     * Tunnel Local endpoint address masked match are supported.
+     * Tunnel Romte endpoint address masked match are supported.
+
+
+v2.13.0 - 14 Feb 2020
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    - OVN:
      * OVN has been removed from this repository. It now exists as a
@@ -7,6 +34,9 @@ Post-v2.12.0
    - Userspace datapath:
      * Add option to enable, disable and query TCP sequence checking in
        conntrack.
+     * Add support for conntrack zone limits.
+     * Command "ovs-appctl dpctl/dump-flows" refactored to show subtable
+       miniflow bits for userspace datapath.
    - AF_XDP:
      * New option 'use-need-wakeup' for netdev-afxdp to control enabling
        of corresponding 'need_wakeup' flag in AF_XDP rings.  Enabled by default
@@ -24,8 +54,25 @@ Post-v2.12.0
      * DPDK pdump support is deprecated and will be removed in next releases.
      * DPDK ring ports (dpdkr) are deprecated and will be removed in next
        releases.
-     * OVS validated with DPDK 18.11.5, due to the inclusion of a fix for
-       CVE-2019-14818, this DPDK version is strongly recommended to be used.
+     * Add support for DPDK 19.11.
+     * Add hardware offload support for output, drop, set of MAC, IPv4 and
+       TCP/UDP ports actions (experimental).
+     * Add experimental support for TSO.
+   - RSTP:
+     * The rstp_statistics column in Port table will only be updated every
+       stats-update-interval configured in Open_vSwitch table.
+   - OVSDB:
+     * When ovsdb-server is running in backup mode, the default value of probe
+       interval is increased to 60 seconds for the connection to the
+       replication server. This value is configurable with the unixctl
+       command - ovsdb-server/set-active-ovsdb-server-probe-interval.
+     * ovsdb-server: New OVSDB extension to allow clients to specify row UUIDs.
+   - 'ovs-appctl dpctl/dump-flows' can now show offloaded=partial for
+     partially offloaded flows, dp:dpdk for fully offloaded by dpdk, and
+     type filter supports new filters: "dpdk" and "partially-offloaded".
+   - GTP-U Tunnel Protocol
+     * Add two new fields: tun_gtpu_flags, tun_gtpu_msgtype.
+     * Only support for userspace datapath.
 
 v2.12.0 - 03 Sep 2019
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@@ -100,6 +147,9 @@ v2.12.0 - 03 Sep 2019
      * Add support for conntrack zone-based timeout policy.
    - 'ovs-dpctl dump-flows' is no longer suitable for dumping offloaded flows.
      'ovs-appctl dpctl/dump-flows' should be used instead.
+   - Add new argument '--offload-stats' for command
+     'ovs-appctl bridge/dump-flows',
+     so it can display offloaded packets statistics.
    - Add L2 GRE tunnel over IPv6 support.
 
 v2.11.0 - 19 Feb 2019