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        "Date": "Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:23:37 +0100",
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        "Subject": "[ovs-dev] [PATCH ovn v7 0/3] Add support for VRRPv3 in port\n security.",
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        "From": "Ales Musil via dev <ovs-dev@openvswitch.org>",
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    "content": "The series adds a support for VRRPv3 specification in port_security\ncolumn of LSP. The series consists of two fixes and one helper\nthat was needed in order to make this work.\n\nAles Musil (3):\n  lflow: Make the port security ND flows consistent with ARP flows.\n  ovn-util: Add helper for parsing and working with masked MACs.\n  controller: Add option to make port security compliant with RFC 9568.\n\n NEWS               |   3 +\n controller/lflow.c | 977 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------\n lib/ovn-util.c     |  49 +++\n lib/ovn-util.h     |  18 +\n ovn-nb.xml         |  55 +++\n tests/ovn.at       | 938 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-\n tests/test-ovn.c   |  22 +\n 7 files changed, 1718 insertions(+), 344 deletions(-)"
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