-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.
-v2.12.0 - xx xxx xxxx
+v2.13.0 - 14 Feb 2020
+---------------------
+ - OVN:
+ * OVN has been removed from this repository. It now exists as a
+ separate project. You can find it at
+ https://github.com/ovn-org/ovn.git
+ - 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
+ if supported by libbpf.
+ * 'xdpmode' option for netdev-afxdp renamed to 'xdp-mode'.
+ Modes also updated. New values:
+ native-with-zerocopy - former DRV
+ native - new one, DRV without zero-copy
+ generic - former SKB
+ best-effort [default] - new one, chooses the best available from
+ 3 above modes
+ - DPDK:
+ * DPDK pdump packet capture support disabled by default. New configure
+ option '--enable-dpdk-pdump' to enable it.
+ * 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.
+ * 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
---------------------
- DPDK:
* New option 'other_config:dpdk-socket-limit' to limit amount of
quickly after a brief disconnection, saving bandwidth and CPU time.
See section 4.1.15 of ovsdb-server(7) for details of related OVSDB
protocol extension.
+ * Support to convert from cluster database to standalone database is now
+ available when clustered is down and cannot be revived using ovsdb-tool
+ . Check "Database Migration Commands" in ovsdb-tool man section.
- OVN:
* IPAM/MACAM:
- select IPAM mac_prefix in a random manner if not provided by the user
- Linux datapath:
* Support for the kernel versions 4.19.x and 4.20.x.
* Support for the kernel version 5.0.x.
+ * 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
---------------------
- OpenFlow:
projects / mirror_ovs.git / blobdiff