Release notes for VPP 17.07
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More than 400 commits since the 1704 release.

Features
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-  Infrastructure

   -  make test; improved debuggability.
   -  TAB auto-completion on the CLI
   -  DPDK 17.05
   -  python 3 support in test infra

-  Host stack

   -  Improved Linux TCP stack compatibility using IWL test suite
      (https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-720)
   -  Improved loss recovery (RFC5681, RFC6582, RF6675)
   -  Basic implementation of Eifel detection algorithm (RFC3522)
   -  Basic support for buffer chains
   -  Refactored session layer API
   -  Overall performance, scale and hardening

-  Interfaces

   -  memif: IP mode, jumbo frames, multi queue
   -  virtio-user support
   -  vhost-usr; adaptive (poll/interupt) support.

-  Network features

   -  MPLS Multicast FIB

   -  BFD FIB integration

   -  NAT64 support

   -  GRE over IPv6

   -  Segement routing MPLS

   -  IOAM configuration for SRv6 localsid

   -  LISP

      -  NSH support
      -  native forward static routes
      -  L2 ARP

   -  ACL multi-core suuport

   -  Flowprobe:

      -  Add flowstartns, flowendns and tcpcontrolbits
      -  Stateful flows and IPv6, L4 recording

   -  GTP-U support

   -  VXLAN GPE support for FIB2.0 and bypass.

Known issues
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For the full list of issues please refer to fd.io
`JIRA <https://jira.fd.io>`__.

Issues fixed
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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/1707>`__