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+Release notes for VPP 19.01
+===========================
+
+More than 649 commits since the 18.10 release.
+
+Features
+--------
+
+Infrastructure
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- NUMA-aware, growable physical memory allocator (pmalloc)
+- FIB: sticky load-balance
+- C11 safe string handling: provide and use “safe” C string handling
+ functions
+- vlib: allocate buffers on local numa, not on numa 1
+- vppinfra: autodetect default hugepage size
+- Move RPC traffic off the shared-memory API queue
+- IPv6: Make link-local configurable per-interface
+- IGMP: improve CLI debug output
+- IPSec: split ipsec nodes into ip4/ip6 nodes
+- IPSec: infra for selecting backends
+- vhost-user: cleanup and performance optimizations
+- ethernet-input, memif improvements and optimizations
+- DPDK: bump to DPDK 18.11
+- reassembly: harden reassembly code
+- stats: Deprecate old (event-based) stats framework
+- vlib: support Hyper-V/Azure VMBus
+- binary api clients: wait for vpp to start
+- graph dispatch trace: capture packet data and buffer metadata, output
+ in pcap format
+- improve feature arc order constraint specification
+
+VNET & Plugins
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- pktgen: correctly replay a mix of single and multi-buffer packets
+- add wireshark dissector to extras
+- avf: optimizations
+- acl-plugin: use L2 feature arc instead of L2 classifier
+- acl-plugin: performance enhancement
+- dpdk: allow interface name to be specified from startup.conf
+- dpdk: blacklist PCI devices by type
+- dpdk: switch to in-memory mode, deprecate use of socket-mem
+- vnet: store hw interface speed in kbps instead of using flags
+- vmxnet3: enable promiscuous mode & cli enhancements
+- gbp: Add support for flow hash profile & l3-out subnets
+- map: Add API support for setting parameters.
+- map: Convert from DPO to input feature
+- nat: improve expired sessions reuse in NAT44
+- nat: syslog - sessions logging
+- nsim: add packet loss simulation, docs
+- perfmon: x86_64 perf counter plugin
+- vnet: L2 feature arc infrastructure
+
+Host stack
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- TCP congestion control improvements
+- TCP Cubic congestion control algorithm
+- TCP fast path optimizations
+- Transport tx connection pacer. TCP uses it by default
+- Basic support for session flushing and TCP PSH segments
+- TCP/session api support for configuring custom local src ip/port
+- VCL/LDP basic support for multi-process applications
+- Overall code hardening, cleanup and bugfixing for tcp, session, vcl
+ and ldp
+
+PAPI & Test framework
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- add specific API types for IP addresses, MAC address, interface index
+ etc.
+- add timeout support for socket transport
+- add support for format/unformat functions
+- generic API types format/unformat support for VAT and custom dump
+- python3 test adjustments
+- make test: create virtualenv under /test/
+- make test: print TEST= values for failed tests
+- add human-friendly annotations to log messages
+
+VOM
+~~~
+
+- Add support for redirect contracts in gbp
+- deprecate TAP add ip-punt redirect dump
+- vxlan-gbp support
+
+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/1901>`__
+
+
+API changes
+-----------
+
+Description of results:
+
+- *Definition changed*: indicates that the API file was modified
+ between releases.
+- *Only in image*: indicates the API is new for this release.
+- *Only in file*: indicates the API has been removed in this release.
+
+=============================================== ==================
+Message Name Results
+=============================================== ==================
+acl_plugin_get_conn_table_max_entries only in image
+acl_plugin_get_conn_table_max_entries_reply only in image
+app_worker_add_del definition changed
+app_worker_add_del_reply definition changed
+application_attach_reply definition changed
+bd_ip_mac_add_del definition changed
+bd_ip_mac_details definition changed
+bd_ip_mac_flush only in image
+bd_ip_mac_flush_reply only in image
+bond_create definition changed
+cli_inband definition changed
+cli_inband_reply definition changed
+gbp_bridge_domain_add only in image
+gbp_bridge_domain_add_reply only in image
+gbp_bridge_domain_del only in image
+gbp_bridge_domain_del_reply only in image
+gbp_bridge_domain_details only in image
+gbp_bridge_domain_dump only in image
+gbp_bridge_domain_dump_reply only in image
+gbp_endpoint_details definition changed
+gbp_endpoint_group_add only in image
+gbp_endpoint_group_add_del only in file
+gbp_endpoint_group_add_del_reply only in file
+gbp_endpoint_group_add_reply only in image
+gbp_endpoint_group_del only in image
+gbp_endpoint_group_del_reply only in image
+gbp_endpoint_learn_set_inactive_threshold only in image
+gbp_endpoint_learn_set_inactive_threshold_reply only in image
+gbp_ext_itf_add_del only in image
+gbp_ext_itf_add_del_reply only in image
+gbp_ext_itf_details only in image
+gbp_ext_itf_dump only in image
+gbp_route_domain_add only in image
+gbp_route_domain_add_reply only in image
+gbp_route_domain_del only in image
+gbp_route_domain_del_reply only in image
+gbp_route_domain_details only in image
+gbp_route_domain_dump only in image
+gbp_route_domain_dump_reply only in image
+gbp_vxlan_tunnel_add only in image
+gbp_vxlan_tunnel_add_reply only in image
+gbp_vxlan_tunnel_del only in image
+gbp_vxlan_tunnel_del_reply only in image
+gbp_vxlan_tunnel_details only in image
+gbp_vxlan_tunnel_dump only in image
+igmp_proxy_device_add_del only in image
+igmp_proxy_device_add_del_interface only in image
+igmp_proxy_device_add_del_interface_reply only in image
+igmp_proxy_device_add_del_reply only in image
+ip6_mfib_details definition changed
+ip_container_proxy_details only in image
+ip_container_proxy_dump only in image
+ip_mfib_details definition changed
+ip_punt_redirect definition changed
+ip_punt_redirect_details only in image
+ip_punt_redirect_dump only in image
+ip_source_check_interface_add_del only in image
+ip_source_check_interface_add_del_reply only in image
+ipip_6rd_add_tunnel_reply definition changed
+ipip_6rd_del_tunnel definition changed
+ipip_add_tunnel_reply definition changed
+ipip_del_tunnel definition changed
+ipip_tunnel_details definition changed
+ipip_tunnel_dump definition changed
+ipsec_backend_details only in image
+ipsec_backend_dump only in image
+ipsec_sa_details definition changed
+ipsec_select_backend only in image
+ipsec_select_backend_reply only in image
+ipsec_tunnel_if_add_del definition changed
+map_add_del_rule definition changed
+map_add_domain definition changed
+map_another_segment definition changed
+map_domain_details definition changed
+map_if_enable_disable only in image
+map_if_enable_disable_reply only in image
+map_param_add_del_pre_resolve only in image
+map_param_add_del_pre_resolve_reply only in image
+map_param_get only in image
+map_param_get_reply only in image
+map_param_set_fragmentation only in image
+map_param_set_fragmentation_reply only in image
+map_param_set_icmp6 only in image
+map_param_set_icmp6_reply only in image
+map_param_set_icmp only in image
+map_param_set_icmp_reply only in image
+map_param_set_reassembly only in image
+map_param_set_reassembly_reply only in image
+map_param_set_security_check only in image
+map_param_set_security_check_reply only in image
+map_param_set_tcp only in image
+map_param_set_tcp_reply only in image
+map_param_set_traffic_class only in image
+map_param_set_traffic_class_reply only in image
+map_rule_details definition changed
+memclnt_delete definition changed
+nat44_add_del_lb_static_mapping definition changed
+nat44_lb_static_mapping_add_del_local only in image
+nat44_lb_static_mapping_add_del_local_reply only in image
+nat44_lb_static_mapping_details definition changed
+nsim_configure definition changed
+punt only in file
+punt_details only in image
+punt_dump only in image
+punt_reply only in file
+punt_socket_deregister definition changed
+punt_socket_details only in image
+punt_socket_dump only in image
+punt_socket_register definition changed
+set_ip_flow_hash definition changed
+set_punt only in image
+set_punt_reply only in image
+show_version_reply definition changed
+stats_get_poller_delay only in file
+stats_get_poller_delay_reply only in file
+sw_interface_bond_details definition changed
+sw_interface_details definition changed
+sw_interface_ip6_set_link_local_address only in file
+sw_interface_ip6_set_link_local_address_reply only in file
+sw_interface_tap_v2_details definition changed
+syslog_get_filter only in image
+syslog_get_filter_reply only in image
+syslog_get_sender only in image
+syslog_get_sender_reply only in image
+syslog_set_filter only in image
+syslog_set_filter_reply only in image
+syslog_set_sender only in image
+syslog_set_sender_reply only in image
+tap_create_v2 definition changed
+unmap_segment definition changed
+vnet_bier_neighbor_counters only in file
+vnet_get_summary_stats only in file
+vnet_get_summary_stats_reply only in file
+vnet_interface_combined_counters only in file
+vnet_interface_simple_counters only in file
+vnet_ip4_fib_counters only in file
+vnet_ip4_mfib_counters only in file
+vnet_ip4_nbr_counters only in file
+vnet_ip6_fib_counters only in file
+vnet_ip6_mfib_counters only in file
+vnet_ip6_nbr_counters only in file
+vnet_per_interface_combined_counters only in file
+vnet_per_interface_simple_counters only in file
+vnet_udp_encap_counters only in file
+want_bier_neighbor_stats only in file
+want_bier_neighbor_stats_reply only in file
+want_interface_combined_stats only in file
+want_interface_combined_stats_reply only in file
+want_interface_simple_stats only in file
+want_interface_simple_stats_reply only in file
+want_ip4_fib_stats only in file
+want_ip4_fib_stats_reply only in file
+want_ip4_mfib_stats only in file
+want_ip4_mfib_stats_reply only in file
+want_ip4_nbr_stats only in file
+want_ip4_nbr_stats_reply only in file
+want_ip6_fib_stats only in file
+want_ip6_fib_stats_reply only in file
+want_ip6_mfib_stats only in file
+want_ip6_mfib_stats_reply only in file
+want_ip6_nbr_stats only in file
+want_ip6_nbr_stats_reply only in file
+want_per_interface_combined_stats only in file
+want_per_interface_combined_stats_reply only in file
+want_per_interface_simple_stats only in file
+want_per_interface_simple_stats_reply only in file
+want_stats only in file
+want_stats_reply only in file
+want_udp_encap_stats only in file
+want_udp_encap_stats_reply only in file
+=============================================== ==================
+
+Found 170 api message signature differences
+
+Patches that changed API definitions
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+``src/vnet/interface_types.api``
+
+* `53fffa1 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=53fffa1>`_ API: Add support for type aliases
+
+``src/vnet/interface.api``
+
+* `f49ba0e <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=f49ba0e>`_ stats: Deprecate old stats framework
+* `53fffa1 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=53fffa1>`_ API: Add support for type aliases
+* `5100aa9 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=5100aa9>`_ vnet: store hw interface speed in kbps instead of using flags
+
+``src/vnet/syslog/syslog.api``
+
+* `b4515b4 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=b4515b4>`_ Add RFC5424 syslog protocol support (VPP-1139)
+
+``src/vnet/fib/fib_types.api``
+
+* `775f73c <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=775f73c>`_ FIB: encode the label stack in the FIB path during table dump
+
+``src/vnet/ip/ip.api``
+
+* `7c03ed4 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=7c03ed4>`_ VOM: mroutes
+* `3460b01 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=3460b01>`_ api: ip_source_check_interface_add_del api is added.
+* `609e121 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=609e121>`_ VPP-1507: Added binary api to dump configured ip_punt_redirect
+* `2af0e3a <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=2af0e3a>`_ flow-hash: Add symmetric flag for flow hashing
+* `47527b2 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=47527b2>`_ IP-punt: add documentation to the API and fix IP address init
+* `5bb1eca <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=5bb1eca>`_ IPv6: Make link-local configurable per-interface (VPP-1446)
+* `75b9f45 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=75b9f45>`_ ip: add container proxy dump API (VPP-1364)
+
+``src/vnet/ip/ip_types.api``
+
+* `8c8acc0 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=8c8acc0>`_ API: Change ip4_address and ip6_address to use type alias.
+* `ffba3c3 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=ffba3c3>`_ MAP: Use explicit address/prefix types in API
+
+``src/vnet/ip/punt.api``
+
+* `e88865d <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=e88865d>`_ VPP-1506: dump local punts and registered punt sockets
+
+``src/vnet/ipsec/ipsec.api``
+
+* `4c422f9 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=4c422f9>`_ Add IPSec interface FIB index for TX packet
+* `b4a7a7d <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=b4a7a7d>`_ Add UDP encap flag
+* `b4d3053 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=b4d3053>`_ ipsec: infra for selecting backends
+* `871bca9 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=871bca9>`_ VPP-1450: binary api call for dumping SPD to interface registration
+
+``src/vnet/l2/l2.api``
+
+* `e26c81f <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=e26c81f>`_ L2 BD API to flush all IP-MAC entries in the specified BD
+* `8006c6a <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=8006c6a>`_ PAPI: Add MACAddress object wrapper for vl_api_mac_address_t
+* `93cc3ee <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=93cc3ee>`_ GBP Endpoint Learning
+* `4d5b917 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=4d5b917>`_ BD ARP entry use common API types
+
+``src/vnet/vxlan-gbp/vxlan_gbp.api``
+
+* `93cc3ee <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=93cc3ee>`_ GBP Endpoint Learning
+
+``src/vnet/ipip/ipip.api``
+
+* `53fffa1 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=53fffa1>`_ API: Add support for type aliases
+
+``src/vnet/session/session.api``
+
+* `d85de68 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=d85de68>`_ vcl: wait for segments with segment handle
+* `fa76a76 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=fa76a76>`_ session: segment handle in accept/connect notifications
+* `c1f5a43 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=c1f5a43>`_ session: cleanup use of api_client_index
+* `c0d532d <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=c0d532d>`_ session: mark apis for deprecation
+
+``src/vnet/ethernet/ethernet_types.api``
+
+* `8006c6a <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=8006c6a>`_ PAPI: Add MACAddress object wrapper for vl_api_mac_address_t
+
+``src/vnet/bonding/bond.api``
+
+* `ad9d528 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=ad9d528>`_ bonding: support custom interface IDs
+
+``src/vnet/devices/tap/tapv2.api``
+
+* `754f24b <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=754f24b>`_ tapv2: add "tap_flags" field to the TAPv2 interface API
+
+``src/vlibmemory/memclnt.api``
+
+* `eaec2a6 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=eaec2a6>`_ bapi: add options to have vpp cleanup client registration
+
+``src/vpp/api/vpe.api``
+
+* `f49ba0e <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=f49ba0e>`_ stats: Deprecate old stats framework
+* `413f4a5 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=413f4a5>`_ API: Use string type instead of u8.
+
+``src/plugins/acl/acl.api``
+
+* `bb5d22d <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=bb5d22d>`_ New api in order to get max entries of connection table is added.
+
+``src/plugins/nsim/nsim.api``
+
+* `10c5ff1 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=10c5ff1>`_ nsim: add packet loss simulation, docs
+
+``src/plugins/gbp/gbp.api``
+
+* `1c17e2e <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=1c17e2e>`_ GBP: add allowed ethertypes to contracts
+* `b6a4795 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=b6a4795>`_ GBP: l3-out subnets
+* `33b81da <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=33b81da>`_ vom: Add support for redirect contracts in gbp
+* `13a08cc <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=13a08cc>`_ GBP: redirect contracts
+* `c29c0af <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=c29c0af>`_ GBP: Endpoints with VLAN tags and birdges that don't learn
+* `93cc3ee <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=93cc3ee>`_ GBP Endpoint Learning
+
+``src/plugins/nat/nat.api``
+
+* `b686508 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=b686508>`_ NAT44: nat44_add_del_lb_static_mapping enhancements (VPP-1514)
+
+``src/plugins/map/map.api``
+
+* `fc7344f <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=fc7344f>`_ MAP: Convert from DPO to input feature.
+* `f34597f <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=f34597f>`_ MAP: Add API support for MAP input feature.
+* `5a2e278 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=5a2e278>`_ MAP: Add API support for setting parameters.
+* `a173a7a <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=a173a7a>`_ MAP: Use bool type in map.api instead of u8.
+* `ffba3c3 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=ffba3c3>`_ MAP: Use explicit address/prefix types in API
+
+``src/plugins/igmp/igmp.api``
+
+* `97748ca <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=97748ca>`_ IGMP: proxy device
+