Please backport openvswitch 1.9.0-0ubuntu1 (main) from raring

[Andreas Hilboll]

Please backport openvswitch 1.9.0-0ubuntu1 (main) from raring to precise, quantal.

Reason for the backport:
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Version 1.9.x is the new LTS release of openvswitch. It would be great if this were available in the Ubuntu LTS release.

Testing:
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Mark off items in the checklist [X] as you test them, but please leave the checklist so that backporters can quickly evaluate the state of testing.

You can test-build the backport in your PPA with backportpackage:
$ backportpackage -u ppa:<lp username>/<ppa name> -s raring -d precise openvswitch
$ backportpackage -u ppa:<lp username>/<ppa name> -s raring -d quantal openvswitch

* precise:
[ ] Package builds without modification
[ ] openvswitch-switch installs cleanly and runs
[ ] openvswitch-pki installs cleanly and runs
[ ] python-openvswitch installs cleanly and runs
[ ] openvswitch-common installs cleanly and runs
[ ] openvswitch-datapath-source installs cleanly and runs
[ ] openvswitch-brcompat installs cleanly and runs
[ ] ovsdbmonitor installs cleanly and runs
[ ] openvswitch-datapath-dkms installs cleanly and runs
[ ] openvswitch-ipsec installs cleanly and runs
[ ] openvswitch-dbg installs cleanly and runs
[ ] openvswitch-controller installs cleanly and runs
[ ] openvswitch-test installs cleanly and runs
* quantal:
[ ] Package builds without modification
[ ] openvswitch-switch installs cleanly and runs
[ ] openvswitch-pki installs cleanly and runs
[ ] python-openvswitch installs cleanly and runs
[ ] openvswitch-common installs cleanly and runs
[ ] openvswitch-datapath-source installs cleanly and runs
[ ] openvswitch-brcompat installs cleanly and runs
[ ] ovsdbmonitor installs cleanly and runs
[ ] openvswitch-datapath-dkms installs cleanly and runs
[ ] openvswitch-ipsec installs cleanly and runs
[ ] openvswitch-dbg installs cleanly and runs
[ ] openvswitch-controller installs cleanly and runs
[ ] openvswitch-test installs cleanly and runs

Reverse dependencies:
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The following reverse-dependencies need to be tested against the new version of openvswitch. For reverse-build-dependencies (-Indep), please test that the package still builds against the new openvswitch. For reverse-dependencies, please test that the version of the package currently in the release still works with the new openvswitch installed. Reverse- Recommends, Suggests, and Enhances don't need to be tested, and are listed for completeness-sake.

openvswitch-switch
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* xcp-networkd
  [ ] precise (Reverse-Depends)
  [ ] quantal (Reverse-Depends)
* mininet
  [ ] quantal (Reverse-Depends)
* quantum-plugin-openvswitch
  [ ] precise (Reverse-Depends)
  [ ] quantal (Reverse-Depends)
* quantum-plugin-openvswitch-agent
  [ ] precise (Reverse-Depends)
  [ ] quantal (Reverse-Depends)
* nova-xcp-network
  [ ] precise (Reverse-Depends)
  [ ] quantal (Reverse-Depends)

openvswitch-pki
---------------

openvswitch-common
------------------

openvswitch-datapath-source
---------------------------

openvswitch-brcompat
--------------------

ovsdbmonitor
------------

python-openvswitch
------------------

openvswitch-ipsec
-----------------

openvswitch-dbg
---------------

openvswitch-controller
----------------------
* mininet
  [ ] quantal (Reverse-Recommends)

openvswitch-test
----------------

openvswitch-datapath-dkms
-------------------------
* xcp-networkd
  [ ] precise (Reverse-Depends)

[Stephen Gran (sgran)]

We are running this version in production. See the packages at
https://launchpad.net/~sgran/+archive/openvswitch-precise

We have tested the following:

* precise:
[X] Package builds without modification
[X] openvswitch-switch installs cleanly and runs
[ ] openvswitch-pki installs cleanly and runs
[X] python-openvswitch installs cleanly and runs
[X] openvswitch-common installs cleanly and runs
[X] openvswitch-datapath-source installs cleanly and runs
[X] openvswitch-brcompat installs cleanly and runs
[X] ovsdbmonitor installs cleanly and runs
[X] openvswitch-datapath-dkms installs cleanly and runs
[ ] openvswitch-ipsec installs cleanly and runs
[ ] openvswitch-dbg installs cleanly and runs
[ ] openvswitch-controller installs cleanly and runs
[ ] openvswitch-test installs cleanly and runs

openvswitch-switch
------------------
* xcp-networkd
  [ ] precise (Reverse-Depends
* quantum-plugin-openvswitch
  [ ] precise (Reverse-Depends)
* quantum-plugin-openvswitch-agent
  [X] precise (Reverse-Depends)
* nova-xcp-network
  [ ] precise (Reverse-Depends)

[Stephen Gran (sgran)]

Oh, I see that a comment about the problem resolved would be helpful.

Aside from running latest and greatest, this version (actually, 1.7.0 would probably be enough, but 1.9.0 is the first fixed version in an ubuntu release) fixes major performance issues.

On 1.4, we're seeing lost packets whenever host load goes high, causing production issues. This problem is gone in 1.9.0.

Cheers,