Skip to content

Latest commit

 

History

History
executable file
·
92 lines (75 loc) · 3.2 KB

NEWS.md

File metadata and controls

executable file
·
92 lines (75 loc) · 3.2 KB
Raw

v1.1 - July 2014

  • Added multicore support - datapath may run on multiple pipelines/cores, with added load-balancing for handling vswitchd commands (round-robin).
  • Added vswitchd command-line parameter to pin stats display to a specific core.
  • Add support for portmask argument for physical devices
  • Port for use with the version of DPDK available from DPDK.org
  • QEMU
    • Convert 'qemu' folder to a subtree
    • Upgrade from v1.4.0 to v1.6.2, removing QEMU support for legacy VirtIO in the process

v1.0 - May 2014

  • Updated to use Intel(R) DPDK 1.7.0
  • Datapath:
    • Ported to Intel(R) DPDK Packet Framework
    • Added support for Phy ports
    • Added support for IVSHM ports
    • Added support for Userspace vHost ports
  • Daemon:
    • Added integration with packet framework implementation of datapath
  • Bug fixes

v0.10 - March 2014

  • Added support for Port Management - the real management of devices in the datapath via the dpif (and utilities such as ovs-vsctl)
  • Added support for arbitrary port names, i.e. port names with names other than ovs_dpdk_xx.
  • Added top level Makefile
  • Added new IVSHMEM utility application to manage port sharing with guests
    • Added more flexibility to what is being shared with each guest through command line
    • Separated DPDK IVSHMEM code from Open vSwitch datapath
  • Added new public API to cleanly open up internal vport.c features with external clients
    • Added support to both ovs_client and kni_client applications
  • Added new userspace vhost device type based on the DPDK sample application.
  • Bug fixes

v0.9 - January 2014

  • Upgraded the base version of Open vSwitch from 1.5 to 2.0
  • Updated to use Intel(R) DPDK 1.6.0
  • Added Intel(R) DPDK 1.6.0 IVSHMEM support.
    • Added different hugepage sizes support - 2MB and 1GB hugepages
    • Added Intel(R) Atom processors support
    • Improved security and isolation between Host and Guest applications
    • Added support for Guest applications running as DPDK primary processes
    • NOTE: this update removes compatibility with DPDK 1.5.2
  • Performance Improvements
  • Support for set actions:
    • Added set ethernet support
    • Added set IPv4 support
    • Added set UDP support
    • Added set TCP support
  • Bug fixes

v0.8 - December 2013

  • Added partial support for ovs-testsuite - a collection of unit tests found in standard Open vSwitch
  • Added support for Host KNI, a.k.a. KNI vEth. This, in turn, added support for OFTest
  • Updated to use Intel(R) DPDK 1.5.2
    • NOTE: this update removes KNI compatibility with DPDK 1.4
  • Bug fixes

v0.7 - November 2013

  • Datapath:
    • Added IMCP packet support
    • Added strip_vlan action support
    • Added mod_vlan_vid action support
    • Added mod_vlan_pcp action support
    • Added drop action support
    • Added support for multiple actions per flow
  • Bug fixes

v0.6 - October 2013

  • Datapath:
    • Added 802.1Q VLAN-tagged frame support
  • Performance Improvements
  • Bug fixes

v0.5 - August 2013

  • Datapath:
    • Added support for dynamic flow allocation using the ovs-dpctl and ovs-ofctl applications
  • Bug fixes

v0.4 - July 2013

  • Add support for numerous IO virtualization mechanisms: Virtio, IVSHM, and IVSHM with Intel(R) DPDK KNI