Release 1.6.0 of bmv2

• action primitives have access to corresponding P4Objects for implementation
• support for parser errors and parser verify statements (P4_16)
• support for comparing header instances in expressions in JSON input
• action primitives can take strings as parameters
• support for enums (P4_16)
• ability to start a switch target binary without providing a JSON input
• provided meter implementation supports color-awareness
• some code cleanup (mostly include directives)

Release 1.5.1 of bmv2

Since release 1.5.0, we fixed deparsing of variable-length fields with length 0

Release 1.5.0 of bmv2

• support for action profile sharing between match tables; this represents a major update to the Thrift IDL
• additional support for extern implementation by targets
• ability to keep track of writes to fields

Release 1.4.0 of bmv2

• support for "hidden" valid field, which lets user do a ternary match on header validity
• some documentation for the simple_switch target
• ability to retrieve match entry from match key (added to Thrift interface)
• added a generic NotificationsListener object to bm_apps, which can be used to subscribe to all types of notifications
• tentative support for Mac OS (with bootstrapping scripts)

Release 1.3.0 of bmv2

• ability to retrieve meter rate configuration through Thrift interface
• enable_swap can now be enabled for simple_switch when starting it
• tentative support for parser value set (no support for individual value masks so likely to evolve to some kind of ternary implementation)
• support for valid hidden fields for headers, so that ternary matching can be done on header validity
• updated googletest copy
• some minor other changes

Release 1.2.1 of bmv2

minor bug fixes since 1.2.0

Release 1.2.0 of bmv2

Only minor changes compared to 1.1.x:

• the Thrift service has been updated to add the ability to retrieve PRE (multicast) state

Release 1.1.2 of bmv2

• fixed bug in deparser code
• reinstated '--socket' option for nanomsg event logger and debugger scripts

Release 1.1.1 of bmv2

some minor bug fixes since 1.1.0:

• fixed copy id generator
• fixed JSON parsing in the debugger
• updating 'standard_metadata.packet_length' when recirculating packet

Release 1.1.0 of bmv2

Notable changes include:

• table entry handles changed to 32 bit
• new table entry retrieval functions
• installation of spdlog headers