Nathan Skrzypczak 9ad39c026c docs: better docs, mv doxygen to sphinx
This patch refactors the VPP sphinx docs
in order to make it easier to consume
for external readers as well as VPP developers.

It also makes sphinx the single source
of documentation, which simplifies maintenance
and operation.

Most important updates are:

- reformat the existing documentation as rst
- split RELEASE.md and move it into separate rst files
- remove section 'events'
- remove section 'archive'
- remove section 'related projects'
- remove section 'feature by release'
- remove section 'Various links'
- make (Configuration reference, CLI docs,
  developer docs) top level items in the list
- move 'Use Cases' as part of 'About VPP'
- move 'Troubleshooting' as part of 'Getting Started'
- move test framework docs into 'Developer Documentation'
- add a 'Contributing' section for gerrit,
  docs and other contributer related infos
- deprecate doxygen and test-docs targets
- redirect the "make doxygen" target to "make docs"

Type: refactor

Change-Id: I552a5645d5b7964d547f99b1336e2ac24e7c209f
Signed-off-by: Nathan Skrzypczak <nathan.skrzypczak@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Yourtchenko <ayourtch@gmail.com>
2021-10-13 23:22:32 +00:00

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Release notes for VPP 17.10
===========================
More than 400 commits since the 1707 release.
Features
--------
- Infrastructure
- DPDK 17.08
- IP reassembly
- Bounded-index extensible hash bucket-level LRU cache
- Templated timer wheel improvements
- API
- C/C++ language binding
- API stats
- Host stack
- VPP TCP stack scale/congestion improvements
- VPP Comms Library (VCL)
- Overall performance, scale and hardening
- Network features
- IPSec rework - utilize new FIB
- VPLS and VPWS implementation
- NAT
- Renamed SNAT to NAT
- Performance / Scale
- Destination NAT44 with load-balancing
- In2out translation as an output feature on the outside
interface
- Fullback to 3-tuple key for non TCP/UDP/ICMP sessions
- Security Groups/ACLs
- “Replace” semantics for adding a new MacIP acl
- Test suite tests for MacIP ACLs
- ONE-LISP
- Map-server fallback support
- Preemptive re-fetch of active mappings that are about to expire
- ND termination
- PPPoE
- PPPoE Control Plane packet dispatch
- PPPoE decapsulation
- PPPoE encapsulation
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/1710>`__
API changes
-----------
======================================== ==================
Message Name Result
======================================== ==================
bridge_domain_add_del definition changed
bridge_domain_details definition changed
connect_session definition changed
connect_sock definition changed
connect_sock_reply definition changed
connect_uri_reply definition changed
create_vhost_user_if definition changed
dhcp_client_config definition changed
ip4_arp_event definition changed
ip6_fib_details definition changed
ip6_nd_event definition changed
ip_add_del_route definition changed
ip_fib_details definition changed
ip_table_add_del definition changed
l2_macs_event only in image
macip_acl_add_replace definition changed
macip_acl_interface_list_details only in image
macip_acl_interface_list_dump only in image
modify_vhost_user_if definition changed
mpls_fib_details definition changed
mpls_route_add_del definition changed
mpls_table_add_del definition changed
mpls_tunnel_add_del definition changed
nat44_add_del_address_range definition changed
nat44_add_del_interface_addr definition changed
nat44_add_del_lb_static_mapping definition changed
nat44_add_del_static_mapping definition changed
nat44_address_details only in image
nat44_address_dump only in image
nat44_interface_add_del_feature definition changed
nat44_interface_add_del_output_feature definition changed
nat44_interface_addr_details only in image
nat44_interface_addr_dump only in image
nat44_interface_details only in image
nat44_interface_dump only in image
nat44_interface_output_feature_details only in image
nat44_interface_output_feature_dump only in image
nat44_lb_static_mapping_details only in image
nat44_lb_static_mapping_dump only in image
nat44_static_mapping_details only in image
nat44_static_mapping_dump only in image
nat44_user_details only in image
nat44_user_dump only in image
nat44_user_session_details only in image
nat44_user_session_dump only in image
nat_control_ping definition changed
nat_det_add_del_map definition changed
nat_det_close_session_in definition changed
nat_det_close_session_out definition changed
nat_det_forward definition changed
nat_det_get_timeouts definition changed
nat_det_map_details only in image
nat_det_map_dump only in image
nat_det_reverse definition changed
nat_det_session_details only in image
nat_det_session_dump only in image
nat_det_set_timeouts definition changed
nat_ipfix_enable_disable definition changed
nat_set_workers definition changed
nat_show_config definition changed
nat_worker_details only in image
nat_worker_dump only in image
one_add_del_ndp_entry definition changed
one_enable_disable_petr_mode definition changed
one_enable_disable_pitr_mode definition changed
one_enable_disable_xtr_mode definition changed
one_get_transport_protocol definition changed
one_map_register_fallback_threshold definition changed
one_map_register_set_ttl definition changed
one_ndp_bd_get definition changed
one_ndp_entries_get definition changed
one_set_transport_protocol definition changed
one_show_petr_mode definition changed
one_show_pitr_mode definition changed
one_show_xtr_mode definition changed
p2p_ethernet_add definition changed
pppoe_add_del_session definition changed
pppoe_session_details only in image
pppoe_session_dump only in image
punt_socket_deregister definition changed
punt_socket_register definition changed
show_one_map_register_fallback_threshold definition changed
show_one_map_register_ttl definition changed
snat_interface_add_del_output_feature definition changed
snat_interface_output_feature_details only in image
snat_interface_output_feature_dump only in image
sw_interface_event only in image
sw_interface_set_flags definition changed
sw_interface_span_dump definition changed
sw_interface_span_enable_disable definition changed
sw_interface_vhost_user_details definition changed
tcp_configure_src_addresses definition changed
vnet_per_interface_combined_counters only in image
vnet_per_interface_simple_counters only in image
want_interface_combined_stats definition changed
want_interface_simple_stats definition changed
want_ip4_fib_stats definition changed
want_ip4_nbr_stats definition changed
want_ip6_fib_stats definition changed
want_ip6_nbr_stats definition changed
want_l2_macs_events definition changed
want_per_interface_combined_stats definition changed
want_per_interface_simple_stats definition changed
======================================== ==================
Found 103 api message signature differences
Patches that updated the API files
----------------------------------
* ``./src/plugins/pppoe/pppoe.api`` 62f9cdd8 Add PPPoE Plugin
* ``./src/plugins/acl/acl.api`` c29940c5 ACL-plugin add “replace” semantics
for adding a new MacIP acl de9fbf43 MAC IP ACL interface list dump (as
an alternative to the get/reply)
* ``./src/plugins/nat/nat.api`` 704018cf NAT: Destination NAT44 with
load-balancing (VPP-954) 2ba92e32 NAT: Rename snat plugin to nat
(VPP-955)
* ``./src/vnet/interface.api`` 831fb59f Stats refactor d292ab1e No context in
SW interface event a07bd708 Dedicated SW Interface Event
* ``./src/vnet/dhcp/dhcp.api`` 51822bf0 DHCP client option 61 “client_id”
4729b1ec DHCP complete event sends mask length
* ``./src/vnet/lldp/lldp.api`` 99a0e60e Add API support for LLDP
config/interface set
* ``./src/vnet/lisp-cp/one.api`` d630713d LISP: add neighbor discovery and CP
protocol separation APIs 111a5cea LISP: Add APIs for enable/disable
xTR/P-ITR/P-ETR modes 7048ff1e LISP: Map-server fallback feature
1e553a00 LISP: make TTL for map register messages configurable
* ``./src/vnet/ethernet/p2p_ethernet.api`` 15ac81c1 P2P Ethernet
* ``./src/vnet/mpls/mpls.api`` 2297af01 Add a name to the creation of an IP
and MPLS table 28ab9cc1 FIB table add/delete API only da78f957 L2 over
MPLS a0a908f1 FIB path weight incorrect in dump (VPP-922) 57b5860f FIB
path preference
* ``./src/vnet/session/session.api`` 33e002b1 Fix session connect api message
handling.
* ``./src/vnet/span/span.api`` 5b311202 SPAN/API:enable L2 dump 001fd406
SPAN:add l2 mirror
* ``./src/vnet/devices/virtio/vhost_user.api`` 4ba75f54 vhost: Remove
operation mode in the API
* ``./src/vnet/vxlan-gpe/vxlan_gpe.api`` 04ffd0ad VPP crash on creating vxlan
gpe interface. VPP-875
* ``./src/vnet/tcp/tcp.api`` 3bbcfab1 TCP source address automation
* ``./src/vnet/ip/ip.api`` 2297af01 Add a name to the creation of an IP and
MPLS table 28ab9cc1 FIB table add/delete API only 57b5860f FIB path
preference
* ``./src/vnet/lisp-gpe/lisp_gpe.api`` af3d9771 Remove unused retval from
gpe_native_fwd_rpath type definition
* ``./src/vnet/l2/l2.api`` 50570ece Update of free text tag patch for BD
48304141 Support for bridge domain free text tag e531f4cb Increase
default MAC learn limit and check it in learn-update path 8d00fff8 Add
support for API client to receive L2 MAC events
* ``./src/vpp/api/vpe.api`` 8a19f12a Allow individual stats API and introduce
stats.api 4802632d Punt socket: Fix coverity error for pathname length
mismatch between API and sun_path. f7a55ad7 PUNT socket: External
control plane processes connected via UNIX domain sockets. 75e2f2ac
API:fix arp/ND event messages - remove context 99a0e60e Add API support
for LLDP config/interface set
* ``./src/vpp/stats/stats.api`` 831fb59f Stats refactor 8a19f12a Allow
individual stats API and introduce stats.api