- Version bump to 2.11.0+git20190123.ad83fc9ab. Some of the changes are:
* Linux datapath:
- Support for the kernel versions 4.16.x and 4.17.x.
* OpenFlow:
- OFPMP_TABLE_FEATURES_REQUEST can now modify table features.
* ovs-ofctl:
- "mod-table" command can now change OpenFlow table names.
* The environment variable OVS_SYSLOG_METHOD, if set, is now used
as the default syslog method.
* The environment variable OVS_CTL_TIMEOUT, if set, is now used
as the default timeout for control utilities.
* ovn:
- OVN-SB schema changed: duplicated IP with same Encapsulation type
is not allowed any more. Please refer to
Documentation/intro/install/ovn-upgrades.rst for the instructions
in case there are problems encountered when upgrading from an earlier
version.
- New support for IPSEC encrypted tunnels between hypervisors.
- ovn-ctl: allow passing user:group ids to the OVN daemons.
- IPAM/MACAM:
* add the capability to dynamically assign just L2 addresses
* add the capability to specify a static ip address and get the L2 one
allocated dynamically using the following syntax:
ovn-nbctl lsp-set-addresses <port> "dynamic <IP>"
* DPDK:
- Add support for DPDK 18.11
- Add support for port representors.
* Userspace datapath:
- Add option for simple round-robin based Rxq to PMD assignment.
It can be set with pmd-rxq-assign.
- Add support for Auto load balancing of PMDs (experimental)
- Added new per-port configurable option to manage EMC:
'other_config:emc-enable'.
* Add 'symmetric_l3' hash function.
* OVS now honors 'updelay' and 'downdelay' for bonds with LACP configured.
* ovs-vswitchd:
- New configuration option "offload-rebalance", that enables dynamic
rebalancing of offloaded flows.
* The environment variable OVS_RESOLV_CONF, if set, is now used
as the DNS server configuration file.
* RHEL packaging:
- OVN packages are split from OVS packages. A new spec
file - ovn-fedora.spec.in is added to generate OVN packages.
- Remove upstreamed patch:
* 0001-python-c-ext-Fix-memory-leak-in-Parser_finish.patch
- Remove DISABLE_RESTART_ON_UPDATE and DISABLE_STOP_ON_REMOVAL options (bsc#1117483).
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/668391
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/network/openvswitch?expand=0&rev=171
Fixed as instructed in OBS request 127153
New upstream version 1.6.1
* Added support for bitwise matching on TCP and UDP ports.
* Support for limiting the number of flows in an OpenFlow flow
table, with configurable policy for evicting flows upon
overflow.
* Added an OpenFlow extension that allows controllers more precise
control over which messages they receive asynchronously.
* CFM module CCM broadcasts can now be tagged with an 802.1p priority.
* Load balancing for bonds can be disabled.
New in upstream version 1.5.0
* OpenFlow:
- Added support for querying, modifying, and deleting flows
based on flow cookie when using NXM.
- Added new NXM_PACKET_IN format.
* ovs-ofctl:
- Added daemonization support to the monitor and snoop commands.
* ovs-vsctl:
- The "find" command supports new set relational operators
{=}, {!=}, {<}, {>}, {<=}, and {>=}.
* ovsdb-tool now uses the typical database and schema installation
directories as defaults
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/127211
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/network/openvswitch?expand=0&rev=11
