docs/aboutvpp/releasenotes/v17.10.rst

   1 Release notes for VPP 17.10
   2 ===========================
   3
   4 More than 400 commits since the 1707 release.
   5
   6 Features
   7 --------
   8
   9 -  Infrastructure
  10
  11    -  DPDK 17.08
  12    -  IP reassembly
  13    -  Bounded-index extensible hash bucket-level LRU cache
  14    -  Templated timer wheel improvements
  15
  16 -  API
  17
  18    -  C/C++ language binding
  19    -  API stats
  20
  21 -  Host stack
  22
  23    -  VPP TCP stack scale/congestion improvements
  24    -  VPP Comms Library (VCL)
  25    -  Overall performance, scale and hardening
  26
  27 -  Network features
  28
  29    -  IPSec rework - utilize new FIB
  30
  31    -  VPLS and VPWS implementation
  32
  33    -  NAT
  34
  35       -  Renamed SNAT to NAT
  36       -  Performance / Scale
  37       -  Destination NAT44 with load-balancing
  38       -  In2out translation as an output feature on the outside
  39          interface
  40       -  Fullback to 3-tuple key for non TCP/UDP/ICMP sessions
  41
  42    -  Security Groups/ACLs
  43
  44       -  “Replace” semantics for adding a new MacIP acl
  45       -  Test suite tests for MacIP ACLs
  46
  47    -  ONE-LISP
  48
  49       -  Map-server fallback support
  50       -  Preemptive re-fetch of active mappings that are about to expire
  51       -  ND termination
  52
  53    -  PPPoE
  54
  55       -  PPPoE Control Plane packet dispatch
  56       -  PPPoE decapsulation
  57       -  PPPoE encapsulation
  58
  59 Known issues
  60 ------------
  61
  62 For the full list of issues please refer to fd.io
  63 `JIRA <https://jira.fd.io>`__.
  64
  65 Issues fixed
  66 ------------
  67
  68 For the full list of fixed issues please refer to:
  69
  70 - fd.io `JIRA <https://jira.fd.io>`__
  71 - git `commit log <https://git.fd.io/vpp/log/?h=stable/1710>`__
  72
  73
  74 API changes
  75 -----------
  76
  77 ======================================== ==================
  78 Message Name                             Result
  79 ======================================== ==================
  80 bridge_domain_add_del                    definition changed
  81 bridge_domain_details                    definition changed
  82 connect_session                          definition changed
  83 connect_sock                             definition changed
  84 connect_sock_reply                       definition changed
  85 connect_uri_reply                        definition changed
  86 create_vhost_user_if                     definition changed
  87 dhcp_client_config                       definition changed
  88 ip4_arp_event                            definition changed
  89 ip6_fib_details                          definition changed
  90 ip6_nd_event                             definition changed
  91 ip_add_del_route                         definition changed
  92 ip_fib_details                           definition changed
  93 ip_table_add_del                         definition changed
  94 l2_macs_event                            only in image
  95 macip_acl_add_replace                    definition changed
  96 macip_acl_interface_list_details         only in image
  97 macip_acl_interface_list_dump            only in image
  98 modify_vhost_user_if                     definition changed
  99 mpls_fib_details                         definition changed
 100 mpls_route_add_del                       definition changed
 101 mpls_table_add_del                       definition changed
 102 mpls_tunnel_add_del                      definition changed
 103 nat44_add_del_address_range              definition changed
 104 nat44_add_del_interface_addr             definition changed
 105 nat44_add_del_lb_static_mapping          definition changed
 106 nat44_add_del_static_mapping             definition changed
 107 nat44_address_details                    only in image
 108 nat44_address_dump                       only in image
 109 nat44_interface_add_del_feature          definition changed
 110 nat44_interface_add_del_output_feature   definition changed
 111 nat44_interface_addr_details             only in image
 112 nat44_interface_addr_dump                only in image
 113 nat44_interface_details                  only in image
 114 nat44_interface_dump                     only in image
 115 nat44_interface_output_feature_details   only in image
 116 nat44_interface_output_feature_dump      only in image
 117 nat44_lb_static_mapping_details          only in image
 118 nat44_lb_static_mapping_dump             only in image
 119 nat44_static_mapping_details             only in image
 120 nat44_static_mapping_dump                only in image
 121 nat44_user_details                       only in image
 122 nat44_user_dump                          only in image
 123 nat44_user_session_details               only in image
 124 nat44_user_session_dump                  only in image
 125 nat_control_ping                         definition changed
 126 nat_det_add_del_map                      definition changed
 127 nat_det_close_session_in                 definition changed
 128 nat_det_close_session_out                definition changed
 129 nat_det_forward                          definition changed
 130 nat_det_get_timeouts                     definition changed
 131 nat_det_map_details                      only in image
 132 nat_det_map_dump                         only in image
 133 nat_det_reverse                          definition changed
 134 nat_det_session_details                  only in image
 135 nat_det_session_dump                     only in image
 136 nat_det_set_timeouts                     definition changed
 137 nat_ipfix_enable_disable                 definition changed
 138 nat_set_workers                          definition changed
 139 nat_show_config                          definition changed
 140 nat_worker_details                       only in image
 141 nat_worker_dump                          only in image
 142 one_add_del_ndp_entry                    definition changed
 143 one_enable_disable_petr_mode             definition changed
 144 one_enable_disable_pitr_mode             definition changed
 145 one_enable_disable_xtr_mode              definition changed
 146 one_get_transport_protocol               definition changed
 147 one_map_register_fallback_threshold      definition changed
 148 one_map_register_set_ttl                 definition changed
 149 one_ndp_bd_get                           definition changed
 150 one_ndp_entries_get                      definition changed
 151 one_set_transport_protocol               definition changed
 152 one_show_petr_mode                       definition changed
 153 one_show_pitr_mode                       definition changed
 154 one_show_xtr_mode                        definition changed
 155 p2p_ethernet_add                         definition changed
 156 pppoe_add_del_session                    definition changed
 157 pppoe_session_details                    only in image
 158 pppoe_session_dump                       only in image
 159 punt_socket_deregister                   definition changed
 160 punt_socket_register                     definition changed
 161 show_one_map_register_fallback_threshold definition changed
 162 show_one_map_register_ttl                definition changed
 163 snat_interface_add_del_output_feature    definition changed
 164 snat_interface_output_feature_details    only in image
 165 snat_interface_output_feature_dump       only in image
 166 sw_interface_event                       only in image
 167 sw_interface_set_flags                   definition changed
 168 sw_interface_span_dump                   definition changed
 169 sw_interface_span_enable_disable         definition changed
 170 sw_interface_vhost_user_details          definition changed
 171 tcp_configure_src_addresses              definition changed
 172 vnet_per_interface_combined_counters     only in image
 173 vnet_per_interface_simple_counters       only in image
 174 want_interface_combined_stats            definition changed
 175 want_interface_simple_stats              definition changed
 176 want_ip4_fib_stats                       definition changed
 177 want_ip4_nbr_stats                       definition changed
 178 want_ip6_fib_stats                       definition changed
 179 want_ip6_nbr_stats                       definition changed
 180 want_l2_macs_events                      definition changed
 181 want_per_interface_combined_stats        definition changed
 182 want_per_interface_simple_stats          definition changed
 183 ======================================== ==================
 184
 185 Found 103 api message signature differences
 186
 187 Patches that updated the API files
 188 ----------------------------------
 189 * ``./src/plugins/pppoe/pppoe.api`` 62f9cdd8 Add PPPoE Plugin
 190 * ``./src/plugins/acl/acl.api`` c29940c5 ACL-plugin add “replace” semantics
 191   for adding a new MacIP acl de9fbf43 MAC IP ACL interface list dump (as
 192   an alternative to the get/reply)
 193 * ``./src/plugins/nat/nat.api`` 704018cf NAT: Destination NAT44 with
 194   load-balancing (VPP-954) 2ba92e32 NAT: Rename snat plugin to nat
 195   (VPP-955)
 196 * ``./src/vnet/interface.api`` 831fb59f Stats refactor d292ab1e No context in
 197   SW interface event a07bd708 Dedicated SW Interface Event
 198 * ``./src/vnet/dhcp/dhcp.api`` 51822bf0 DHCP client option 61 “client_id”
 199   4729b1ec DHCP complete event sends mask length
 200 * ``./src/vnet/lldp/lldp.api`` 99a0e60e Add API support for LLDP
 201   config/interface set
 202 * ``./src/vnet/lisp-cp/one.api`` d630713d LISP: add neighbor discovery and CP
 203   protocol separation APIs 111a5cea LISP: Add APIs for enable/disable
 204   xTR/P-ITR/P-ETR modes 7048ff1e LISP: Map-server fallback feature
 205   1e553a00 LISP: make TTL for map register messages configurable
 206 * ``./src/vnet/ethernet/p2p_ethernet.api`` 15ac81c1 P2P Ethernet
 207 * ``./src/vnet/mpls/mpls.api`` 2297af01 Add a name to the creation of an IP
 208   and MPLS table 28ab9cc1 FIB table add/delete API only da78f957 L2 over
 209   MPLS a0a908f1 FIB path weight incorrect in dump (VPP-922) 57b5860f FIB
 210   path preference
 211 * ``./src/vnet/session/session.api`` 33e002b1 Fix session connect api message
 212   handling.
 213 * ``./src/vnet/span/span.api`` 5b311202 SPAN/API:enable L2 dump 001fd406
 214   SPAN:add l2 mirror
 215 * ``./src/vnet/devices/virtio/vhost_user.api`` 4ba75f54 vhost: Remove
 216   operation mode in the API
 217 * ``./src/vnet/vxlan-gpe/vxlan_gpe.api`` 04ffd0ad VPP crash on creating vxlan
 218   gpe interface. VPP-875
 219 * ``./src/vnet/tcp/tcp.api`` 3bbcfab1 TCP source address automation
 220 * ``./src/vnet/ip/ip.api`` 2297af01 Add a name to the creation of an IP and
 221   MPLS table 28ab9cc1 FIB table add/delete API only 57b5860f FIB path
 222   preference
 223 * ``./src/vnet/lisp-gpe/lisp_gpe.api`` af3d9771 Remove unused retval from
 224   gpe_native_fwd_rpath type definition
 225 * ``./src/vnet/l2/l2.api`` 50570ece Update of free text tag patch for BD
 226   48304141 Support for bridge domain free text tag e531f4cb Increase
 227   default MAC learn limit and check it in learn-update path 8d00fff8 Add
 228   support for API client to receive L2 MAC events
 229 * ``./src/vpp/api/vpe.api`` 8a19f12a Allow individual stats API and introduce
 230   stats.api 4802632d Punt socket: Fix coverity error for pathname length
 231   mismatch between API and sun_path. f7a55ad7 PUNT socket: External
 232   control plane processes connected via UNIX domain sockets. 75e2f2ac
 233   API:fix arp/ND event messages - remove context 99a0e60e Add API support
 234   for LLDP config/interface set
 235 * ``./src/vpp/stats/stats.api`` 831fb59f Stats refactor 8a19f12a Allow
 236   individual stats API and introduce stats.api