[VOL-2440] : code changes to facilitate portstateupdate towards core

Change-Id: I9ef97346c064f59ca79add5472683c796f1b116b
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 05f68fc..cd39aac 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.2.25
+2.2.26