X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=RELEASE.md;h=80ad4227092799f582efe44c8d4cae5d6bcfce3c;hb=f7a55ad74c90928d86f1bbf56590d9571c1b828f;hp=392bbb6f839e8f20588f5a7eac9f327c678df444;hpb=46c75cf65c56eb9d46c94fb97975e5494f95c69e;p=vpp.git diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md index 392bbb6f839..80ad4227092 100644 --- a/RELEASE.md +++ b/RELEASE.md @@ -1,12 +1,169 @@ # Release Notes {#release_notes} +* @subpage release_notes_1707 * @subpage release_notes_1704 +* @subpage release_notes_17011 * @subpage release_notes_1701 * @subpage release_notes_1609 * @subpage release_notes_1606 +@page release_notes_1707 Release notes for VPP 17.07 + +More than 400 commits since the 1704 release. + +## Features +- Infrastructure + - make test; improved debuggability. + - TAB auto-completion on the CLI + - DPDK 17.05 + - python 3 support in test infra + +- Host stack + - Improved Linux TCP stack compatibility using IWL test suite (https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-720) + - Improved loss recovery (RFC5681, RFC6582, RF6675) + - Basic implementation of Eifel detection algorithm (RFC3522) + - Basic support for buffer chains + - Refactored session layer API + - Overall performance, scale and hardening + +- Interfaces + - memif: IP mode, jumbo frames, multi queue + - virtio-user support + - vhost-usr; adaptive (poll/interupt) support. + +- Network features + - MPLS Multicast FIB + + - BFD FIB integration + + - NAT64 support + + - GRE over IPv6 + + - Segement routing MPLS + + - IOAM configuration for SRv6 localsid + + - LISP + - NSH support + - native forward static routes + - L2 ARP + + - ACL multi-core suuport + + - Flowprobe: + - Add flowstartns, flowendns and tcpcontrolbits + - Stateful flows and IPv6, L4 recording + + - GTP-U support + + - VXLAN GPE support for FIB2.0 and bypass. + + +## Known issues + +For the full list of issues please reffer to fd.io [JIRA](https://jira.fd.io). + +## Issues fixed + +For the full list of fixed issues please reffer to: +- fd.io [JIRA](https://jira.fd.io) +- git [commit log](https://git.fd.io/vpp/log/?h=stable/1707) + @page release_notes_1704 Release notes for VPP 17.04 +More than 500 commits since the 1701 release. + +## Features +- Infrastructure + - make test improvements + - vnet: add device-input threadplacement infra + - 64 bit per-thread counters + - process restart cli + - High performance timer wheels + - Plugin infrastructure improvements + - Support for .default_disabled, .version_required + - Added MAINTAINERS file + +- Host stack + - TCP stack (experimental) + - DHCPv4 / DHCPv6 relay multi-destination + - DHCPv4 option 82 + - ND proxy + - Attached hosts + - Consolidated DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 implementation + +- Interfaces + - DPDK 17.02 (retire support for DPDK 16.07) + - Add memif - packet memory interface for intra-host communication + - vhost: support interrupt mode + - DPDK as plugin (retired vpp_lite) + - DPDPK input optimizations + - Loopback interface allocation scheme + +- Network features + - IP Multicast FIB + + - Bridging + - Learning on local interfaces + - Flushing of MACs from the L2 FIB + + - SNAT + - CGN (Deterministic and dynamic) + - CGN configurable port allocation algorithm + - ICMP support + - Tentant VRF id for SNAT outside addresses + - Session dump / User dump + - Port allocation per protocol + + - Security groups + - Routed interface support + - L2+L3 unified processing node + - Improve fragment handling + + - Segement routing v6 + - SR policies with weighted SID lists + - Binding SID + - SR steering policies + - SR Local SIDs + - Framework to expand local SIDs w/plugins + - Documentation + + - IOAM + - UDP Pinger w/path fault isolation + - IOAM as type 2 metadata in NSH + - IAOM raw IPFIX collector and analyzer + - Anycast active server selection + - Documentation + - SRv6 Local SID + - IP6 HBH header and SR header co-existence + - Active probe + + - LISP + - Statistics collection + - Generalize encap for overlay transport (vxlan-gpe support) + - Improve data plane speed + + - GPE + - CLI + - NSH added to encap/decap path + - Renamed LISP GPE API to GPE + + - MPLS + - Performance improvements (quad loop) + + - BFD + - Command line interface + - Echo function + - Remote demand mode + - SHA1 authentication + + - IPsec + - IKEv2 initiator features + + - VXLAN + - unify IP4/IP6 control plane handling + ## API changes - Python API: To avoid conflicts between VPP API messages names and @@ -23,23 +180,121 @@ For backwards compatibility VPP API methods are left in the main name space (VPP), but will be removed from 17.07. + - Python API: Change from cPython to CFFI. + - create_loopback message to be replaced with create_loopback_instance create_loopback will be removed from 17.07. https://gerrit.fd.io/r/#/c/5572/ -@todo Release 17.04 needs release notes. +## Known issues + +For the full list of issues please reffer to fd.io [JIRA](https://jira.fd.io). + +## Issues fixed + +For the full list of fixed issues please reffer to: +- fd.io [JIRA](https://jira.fd.io) +- git [commit log](https://git.fd.io/vpp/log/?h=stable/1704) + +@page release_notes_17011 Release notes for VPP 17.01.1 + +This is bug fix release. + +For the full list of fixed issues please reffer to: +- fd.io [JIRA](https://jira.fd.io) +- git [commit log](https://git.fd.io/vpp/log/?h=stable/1701) + + +@page release_notes_17011 Release notes for VPP 17.01.1 + +This is bug fix release. + +For the full list of fixed issues please reffer to: +- fd.io [JIRA](https://jira.fd.io) +- git [commit log](https://git.fd.io/vpp/log/?h=stable/1701) @page release_notes_1701 Release notes for VPP 17.01 @note This release was for a while known as 16.12. -@todo Release 17.01 needs release notes. It will show up here soon... ## Features +- [Integrated November 2016 DPDK release](http://www.dpdk.org/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.html) + +- Complete rework of Forwarding Information Base (FIB) + +- Performance Improvements + - Improvements in DPDK input and output nodes + - Improvements in L2 path + - Improvmeents in IPv4 lookup node + +- Feature Arcs Improvements + - Consolidation of the code + - New feature arcs + - device-input + - interface-output + +- DPDK Cryptodev Support + - Software and Hardware Crypto Support + +- DPDK HQoS support + +- Simple Port Analyzer (SPAN) + +- Bidirectional Forwarding Detection + - Basic implementation + +- IPFIX Improvements + +- L2 GRE over IPSec tunnels + +- Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) + +- Vhost-user Improvements + - Performance Improvements + - Multiqueue + - Reconnect + +- LISP Enhancements + - Source/Dest control plane support + - L2 over LISP and GRE + - Map-Register/Map-Notify/RLOC-probing support + - L2 API improvements, overall code hardening + +- Plugins: + - New: ACL + - New: Flow per Packet + - Improved: SNAT + - Mutlithreading + - Flow export + +- Doxygen Enhancements + +- Luajit API bindings + +- API Refactoring + - file split + - message signatures + +- Python and Scapy based unit testing infrastructure + - Infrastructure + - Various tests + +- Packet Generator improvements + +- TUN/TAP jumbo frames support + +- Other various bug fixes and improvements + ## Known issues +For the full list of issues please reffer to fd.io [JIRA](https://jira.fd.io). + ## Issues fixed +For the full list of fixed issues please reffer to: +- fd.io [JIRA](https://jira.fd.io) +- git [commit log](https://git.fd.io/vpp/log/?h=stable/1701) @page release_notes_1609 Release notes for VPP 16.09