Deprecated protocol OpenFlow 1.6

Bug #1963735 reported by Ginder Innokentiy
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Netplan
Fix Released
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One Hundred Papercuts
Fix Released
Low
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Bug Description

Hello

The current Netplan can set up a network device for openvswitch.
Parameter "protocols" accepts OpenFlow10, OpenFlow11, OpenFlow12, OpenFlow13, OpenFlow14, OpenFlow15 and OpenFlow16.
https://netplan.io/reference/

Protocol OpenFlow 1.6 remove support since Openvswitch v2.12.0
https://www.openvswitch.org/releases/NEWS-2.17.0.txt

The Ubuntu Focal repos provide openvswitch v2.13.

It might be a good idea to remove deprecated "OpenFlow16" in Netplan.

Revision history for this message
Lukas Märdian (slyon) wrote :

Indeed, we should update our input validation (in src/parse.c:handle_ovs_protocol()) to not accept OpenFlow 1.6 (draft), which the ONF abandoned. Or at least warn about it when being used.

Changed in netplan:
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Low
Paul White (paulw2u)
Changed in hundredpapercuts:
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Low
Revision history for this message
Lukas Märdian (slyon) wrote :
Changed in netplan:
status: Triaged → In Progress
Lukas Märdian (slyon)
Changed in netplan:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Paul White (paulw2u)
Changed in hundredpapercuts:
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Lukas Märdian (slyon) wrote :
Changed in netplan:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Changed in hundredpapercuts:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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