[ovs-dev] [PATCH] NEWS: Add known issues for v2.6.0.

[pravin shelar]

On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 4:26 PM, Joe Stringer <joe at ovn.org> wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Joe Stringer <joe at ovn.org>
> ---
> Pravin, does the GRE note look correct?
> ---
>  NEWS | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
> index 8c78b3676cf3..19570b96816f 100644
> --- a/NEWS
> +++ b/NEWS
> @@ -124,6 +124,25 @@ v2.6.0 - xx xxx xxxx
>     - Add 'mtu_request' column to the Interface table. It can be used to
>       configure the MTU of the ports.
>
> +Known issues:
> +   - Using openvswitch module in conjunction with upstream Linux tunnels:
> +     * When using the openvswitch module distributed with OVS against kernel
> +       versions 4.4-4.6, the openvswitch module cannot be loaded or used at the
> +       same time as "ip_gre".

ip-gre park looks good to me.

> +   - Conntrack FTP ALGs: When using the openvswitch module distributed with
> +     OVS, particular Linux distribution kernels versions may provide diminished
> +     functionality. This typically affects active FTP data connections when
> +     using "actions=ct(alg=ftp),..." in flow tables. Specifically:
> +     * Centos 7.1 kernels (3.10.0-2xx) kernels are unable to correctly set
> +       up expectations for FTP data connections in multiple zones,
> +       eg "actions=ct(zone=1,alg=ftp),ct(zone=2,alg=ftp),...". Executing the
> +       "ct" action for subsequent data connections may fail to determine that
> +       the data connection is "related" to an existing connection.
> +     * Centos 7.2 kernels (3.10.0-3xx) kernels may not establish FTP ALG state
> +       correctly for NATed connections. As a result, flows that perform NAT,
> +       eg "actions=ct(nat,ftp=alg,table=1),..." may fail to NAT the packet,
> +       and will populate the "ct_state=inv" bit in the flow.
> +
>
>  v2.5.0 - 26 Feb 2016
>  ---------------------
> --
> 2.9.3
>