[ovs-announce] Open vSwitch 1.6.1 Available

[Justin Pettit]

The Open vSwitch team is pleased to announce the release of Open vSwitch 1.6.1*:

	http://openvswitch.org/releases/openvswitch-1.6.1.tar.gz

This release contains many new features, bug fixes, and performance improvements.

Feature highlights of 1.6.1 include:

* Added support for bitwise matching on TCP and UDP ports.
* Support for limiting the number of flows in an OpenFlow flow table,
 with configurable policy for evicting flows upon overflow.
* Added an OpenFlow extension that allows controllers more precise
 control over which messages they receive asynchronously.
* CFM module CCM broadcasts can now be tagged with an 802.1p priority.
* Load balancing for bonds can be disabled.
* And many others.  See the full change log here:

	http://openvswitch.org/releases/NEWS-1.6.1

Enjoy!

--The Open vSwitch Team

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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.


* Version 1.6.0 was an internal release.