| Release notes for VPP 17.10 |
| =========================== |
| |
| More than 400 commits since the 1707 release. |
| |
| Features |
| -------- |
| |
| - Infrastructure |
| |
| - DPDK 17.08 |
| - IP reassembly |
| - Bounded-index extensible hash bucket-level LRU cache |
| - Templated timer wheel improvements |
| |
| - API |
| |
| - C/C++ language binding |
| - API stats |
| |
| - Host stack |
| |
| - VPP TCP stack scale/congestion improvements |
| - VPP Comms Library (VCL) |
| - Overall performance, scale and hardening |
| |
| - Network features |
| |
| - IPSec rework - utilize new FIB |
| |
| - VPLS and VPWS implementation |
| |
| - NAT |
| |
| - Renamed SNAT to NAT |
| - Performance / Scale |
| - Destination NAT44 with load-balancing |
| - In2out translation as an output feature on the outside |
| interface |
| - Fullback to 3-tuple key for non TCP/UDP/ICMP sessions |
| |
| - Security Groups/ACLs |
| |
| - “Replace” semantics for adding a new MacIP acl |
| - Test suite tests for MacIP ACLs |
| |
| - ONE-LISP |
| |
| - Map-server fallback support |
| - Preemptive re-fetch of active mappings that are about to expire |
| - ND termination |
| |
| - PPPoE |
| |
| - PPPoE Control Plane packet dispatch |
| - PPPoE decapsulation |
| - PPPoE encapsulation |
| |
| Known issues |
| ------------ |
| |
| For the full list of issues please refer to fd.io |
| `JIRA <https://jira.fd.io>`__. |
| |
| Issues fixed |
| ------------ |
| |
| For the full list of fixed issues please refer to: |
| |
| - fd.io `JIRA <https://jira.fd.io>`__ |
| - git `commit log <https://git.fd.io/vpp/log/?h=stable/1710>`__ |
| |
| |
| API changes |
| ----------- |
| |
| ======================================== ================== |
| Message Name Result |
| ======================================== ================== |
| bridge_domain_add_del definition changed |
| bridge_domain_details definition changed |
| connect_session definition changed |
| connect_sock definition changed |
| connect_sock_reply definition changed |
| connect_uri_reply definition changed |
| create_vhost_user_if definition changed |
| dhcp_client_config definition changed |
| ip4_arp_event definition changed |
| ip6_fib_details definition changed |
| ip6_nd_event definition changed |
| ip_add_del_route definition changed |
| ip_fib_details definition changed |
| ip_table_add_del definition changed |
| l2_macs_event only in image |
| macip_acl_add_replace definition changed |
| macip_acl_interface_list_details only in image |
| macip_acl_interface_list_dump only in image |
| modify_vhost_user_if definition changed |
| mpls_fib_details definition changed |
| mpls_route_add_del definition changed |
| mpls_table_add_del definition changed |
| mpls_tunnel_add_del definition changed |
| nat44_add_del_address_range definition changed |
| nat44_add_del_interface_addr definition changed |
| nat44_add_del_lb_static_mapping definition changed |
| nat44_add_del_static_mapping definition changed |
| nat44_address_details only in image |
| nat44_address_dump only in image |
| nat44_interface_add_del_feature definition changed |
| nat44_interface_add_del_output_feature definition changed |
| nat44_interface_addr_details only in image |
| nat44_interface_addr_dump only in image |
| nat44_interface_details only in image |
| nat44_interface_dump only in image |
| nat44_interface_output_feature_details only in image |
| nat44_interface_output_feature_dump only in image |
| nat44_lb_static_mapping_details only in image |
| nat44_lb_static_mapping_dump only in image |
| nat44_static_mapping_details only in image |
| nat44_static_mapping_dump only in image |
| nat44_user_details only in image |
| nat44_user_dump only in image |
| nat44_user_session_details only in image |
| nat44_user_session_dump only in image |
| nat_control_ping definition changed |
| nat_det_add_del_map definition changed |
| nat_det_close_session_in definition changed |
| nat_det_close_session_out definition changed |
| nat_det_forward definition changed |
| nat_det_get_timeouts definition changed |
| nat_det_map_details only in image |
| nat_det_map_dump only in image |
| nat_det_reverse definition changed |
| nat_det_session_details only in image |
| nat_det_session_dump only in image |
| nat_det_set_timeouts definition changed |
| nat_ipfix_enable_disable definition changed |
| nat_set_workers definition changed |
| nat_show_config definition changed |
| nat_worker_details only in image |
| nat_worker_dump only in image |
| one_add_del_ndp_entry definition changed |
| one_enable_disable_petr_mode definition changed |
| one_enable_disable_pitr_mode definition changed |
| one_enable_disable_xtr_mode definition changed |
| one_get_transport_protocol definition changed |
| one_map_register_fallback_threshold definition changed |
| one_map_register_set_ttl definition changed |
| one_ndp_bd_get definition changed |
| one_ndp_entries_get definition changed |
| one_set_transport_protocol definition changed |
| one_show_petr_mode definition changed |
| one_show_pitr_mode definition changed |
| one_show_xtr_mode definition changed |
| p2p_ethernet_add definition changed |
| pppoe_add_del_session definition changed |
| pppoe_session_details only in image |
| pppoe_session_dump only in image |
| punt_socket_deregister definition changed |
| punt_socket_register definition changed |
| show_one_map_register_fallback_threshold definition changed |
| show_one_map_register_ttl definition changed |
| snat_interface_add_del_output_feature definition changed |
| snat_interface_output_feature_details only in image |
| snat_interface_output_feature_dump only in image |
| sw_interface_event only in image |
| sw_interface_set_flags definition changed |
| sw_interface_span_dump definition changed |
| sw_interface_span_enable_disable definition changed |
| sw_interface_vhost_user_details definition changed |
| tcp_configure_src_addresses definition changed |
| vnet_per_interface_combined_counters only in image |
| vnet_per_interface_simple_counters only in image |
| want_interface_combined_stats definition changed |
| want_interface_simple_stats definition changed |
| want_ip4_fib_stats definition changed |
| want_ip4_nbr_stats definition changed |
| want_ip6_fib_stats definition changed |
| want_ip6_nbr_stats definition changed |
| want_l2_macs_events definition changed |
| want_per_interface_combined_stats definition changed |
| want_per_interface_simple_stats definition changed |
| ======================================== ================== |
| |
| Found 103 api message signature differences |
| |
| Patches that updated the API files |
| ---------------------------------- |
| * ``./src/plugins/pppoe/pppoe.api`` 62f9cdd8 Add PPPoE Plugin |
| * ``./src/plugins/acl/acl.api`` c29940c5 ACL-plugin add “replace” semantics |
| for adding a new MacIP acl de9fbf43 MAC IP ACL interface list dump (as |
| an alternative to the get/reply) |
| * ``./src/plugins/nat/nat.api`` 704018cf NAT: Destination NAT44 with |
| load-balancing (VPP-954) 2ba92e32 NAT: Rename snat plugin to nat |
| (VPP-955) |
| * ``./src/vnet/interface.api`` 831fb59f Stats refactor d292ab1e No context in |
| SW interface event a07bd708 Dedicated SW Interface Event |
| * ``./src/vnet/dhcp/dhcp.api`` 51822bf0 DHCP client option 61 “client_id” |
| 4729b1ec DHCP complete event sends mask length |
| * ``./src/vnet/lldp/lldp.api`` 99a0e60e Add API support for LLDP |
| config/interface set |
| * ``./src/vnet/lisp-cp/one.api`` d630713d LISP: add neighbor discovery and CP |
| protocol separation APIs 111a5cea LISP: Add APIs for enable/disable |
| xTR/P-ITR/P-ETR modes 7048ff1e LISP: Map-server fallback feature |
| 1e553a00 LISP: make TTL for map register messages configurable |
| * ``./src/vnet/ethernet/p2p_ethernet.api`` 15ac81c1 P2P Ethernet |
| * ``./src/vnet/mpls/mpls.api`` 2297af01 Add a name to the creation of an IP |
| and MPLS table 28ab9cc1 FIB table add/delete API only da78f957 L2 over |
| MPLS a0a908f1 FIB path weight incorrect in dump (VPP-922) 57b5860f FIB |
| path preference |
| * ``./src/vnet/session/session.api`` 33e002b1 Fix session connect api message |
| handling. |
| * ``./src/vnet/span/span.api`` 5b311202 SPAN/API:enable L2 dump 001fd406 |
| SPAN:add l2 mirror |
| * ``./src/vnet/devices/virtio/vhost_user.api`` 4ba75f54 vhost: Remove |
| operation mode in the API |
| * ``./src/vnet/vxlan-gpe/vxlan_gpe.api`` 04ffd0ad VPP crash on creating vxlan |
| gpe interface. VPP-875 |
| * ``./src/vnet/tcp/tcp.api`` 3bbcfab1 TCP source address automation |
| * ``./src/vnet/ip/ip.api`` 2297af01 Add a name to the creation of an IP and |
| MPLS table 28ab9cc1 FIB table add/delete API only 57b5860f FIB path |
| preference |
| * ``./src/vnet/lisp-gpe/lisp_gpe.api`` af3d9771 Remove unused retval from |
| gpe_native_fwd_rpath type definition |
| * ``./src/vnet/l2/l2.api`` 50570ece Update of free text tag patch for BD |
| 48304141 Support for bridge domain free text tag e531f4cb Increase |
| default MAC learn limit and check it in learn-update path 8d00fff8 Add |
| support for API client to receive L2 MAC events |
| * ``./src/vpp/api/vpe.api`` 8a19f12a Allow individual stats API and introduce |
| stats.api 4802632d Punt socket: Fix coverity error for pathname length |
| mismatch between API and sun_path. f7a55ad7 PUNT socket: External |
| control plane processes connected via UNIX domain sockets. 75e2f2ac |
| API:fix arp/ND event messages - remove context 99a0e60e Add API support |
| for LLDP config/interface set |
| * ``./src/vpp/stats/stats.api`` 831fb59f Stats refactor 8a19f12a Allow |
| individual stats API and introduce stats.api |