[ovs-announce] Open vSwitch 3.0.0 is Available.

[Ilya Maximets]

The Open vSwitch team is pleased to announce the release of Open vSwitch 3.0.0:

  https://www.openvswitch.org/releases/openvswitch-3.0.0.tar.gz

General updates:

   - Previously deprecated Linux kernel module is now fully removed from
     the OVS source tree.  The version provided with the Linux kernel
     should be used instead.

A few other feature highlights of 3.0.0 include:

   - OpenFlow:
     * Extended Flow Monitoring support for all supported OpenFlow versions.

   - OVSDB server:
     * Improved performance.
     * Automatic database compaction in clustered mode was split into a
       separate thread.

   - IPsec:
     * Added support for custom per-tunnel configuration options.

   - DPDK:
     * Enhanced management of memory pools with flexible sharing between
       ports with different MTUs.

   - Userspace Datapath:
     * Improved multi-thread scalability of the userspace connection tracking.
     * Added experimental support for AVX512-based implementation of actions.

   - Hardware Offload:
     * Added support for offloading OpenFlow meters via Linux TC.

   - And many others.  See the full change log here:
       https://www.openvswitch.org/releases/NEWS-3.0.0

Enjoy!


Also, with the release of OVS 3.0, according to the release process, OVS 2.17.x
becomes a new LTS series.  The old LTS series 2.13.x will be supported until
release of OVS 3.1 in Feb 2023.  Users of OVS 2.13.x series should consider
upgrade to a new 2.17.x LTS.


--The Open vSwitch Team

Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer open source virtual switch.  It
is designed to enable massive network automation through programmatic extension,
while still supporting standard management interfaces.  Open vSwitch can operate
both as a soft switch running within the hypervisor, and as the control stack
for switching silicon.  It has been ported to multiple virtualization platforms
and switching chipsets.