dpif-netdev: Add ovs-appctl dpif-netdev/pmd-rxq-rebalance.

[ovs.git] / NEWS

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@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-Post-v2.7.0
+Post-v2.8.0
+--------------------
+   - Nothing yet.
+
+v2.8.0 - xx xxx xxxx
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    - ovs-ofctl:
      * ovs-ofctl can now accept and display port names in place of numbers.  By
@@ -21,6 +25,7 @@ Post-v2.7.0
        still can be configured via extra arguments for DPDK EAL.
      * dpdkvhostuser ports are marked as deprecated.  They will be removed
        in an upcoming release.
+     * Support for DPDK v17.05.1.
    - IPFIX now provides additional counters:
      * Total counters since metering process startup.
      * Per-flow TCP flag counters.
@@ -31,6 +36,8 @@ Post-v2.7.0
      abbreviated to 4 hex digits.
    - Userspace Datapath:
      * Added NAT support for userspace datapath.
+     * Added FTP and TFTP support with NAT for userspace datapath.
+     * Added NSH (Network Service Header) support for userspace datapath.
    - OVN:
      * New built-in DNS support.
      * IPAM for IPv4 can now exclude user-defined addresses from assignment.
@@ -45,6 +52,11 @@ Post-v2.7.0
      * "ovn-sbctl lflow-list" can now print OpenFlow flows that correspond
        to logical flows.
      * Now uses OVSDB RBAC support to reduce impact of compromised hypervisors.
+     * Multiple chassis may now be specified for L3 gateways.  When more than
+       one chassis is specified, OVN will manage high availability for that
+       gateway.
+     * Add support for ACL logging.
+     * ovn-northd now has native support for active-standby high availability.
    - Tracing with ofproto/trace now traces through recirculation.
    - OVSDB:
      * New support for role-based access control (see ovsdb-server(1)).
@@ -58,17 +70,34 @@ Post-v2.7.0
      * The "learn" action now supports a "limit" option (see ovs-ofctl(8)).
      * The port status bit OFPPS_LIVE now reflects link aliveness.
      * OpenFlow 1.5 packet-out is now supported.
+     * Support for OpenFlow 1.5 field packet_type and packet-type-aware
+       pipeline (PTAP).
+     * Added generic encap and decap actions (EXT-382).
+       First supported use case is encap/decap for Ethernet.
+     * Added NSH (Network Service Header) support in userspace
+       Used generic encap and decap actions to implement encapsulation and
+       decapsulation of NSH header.
+       IETF NSH draft - https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-sfc-nsh/
+     * Conntrack state is only available to the processing path that
+       follows the "recirc_table" argument of the ct() action.  Starting
+       in OVS 2.8, this state is now cleared for the current processing
+       path whenever ct() is called.
    - Fedora Packaging:
      * OVN services are no longer restarted automatically after upgrade.
+     * ovs-vswitchd and ovsdb-server run as non-root users by default.
    - Add --cleanup option to command 'ovs-appctl exit' (see ovs-vswitchd(8)).
    - L3 tunneling:
      * Use new tunnel port option "packet_type" to configure L2 vs. L3.
+     * In conjunction with PTAP tunnel ports can handle a mix of L2 and L3
+       payload.
      * New vxlan tunnel extension "gpe" to support VXLAN-GPE tunnels.
      * New support for non-Ethernet (L3) payloads in GRE and VXLAN-GPE.
    - The BFD detection multiplier is now user-configurable.
    - Add experimental support for hardware offloading
      * HW offloading is disabled by default.
      * HW offloading is done through the TC interface.
+   - IPv6 link local addresses are now supported on Linux.  Use % to designate
+     the scope device.
 
 v2.7.0 - 21 Feb 2017
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