A daemon that manages and controls any number of Open vSwitch switches
on the local machine.
.PP
-The mandatory \fIdatabase\fR argument specifies the
-\fBovsdb\-server\fR from which \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR's configuration
-should be retrieved. It takes one of the following forms:
+The mandatory \fIdatabase\fR argument normally takes the form
+\fBunix:\fIfile\fR, where \fIfile\fR is the name of a Unix domain
+socket on which \fBovsdb-server\fR is listening. However, all of the
+following forms are accepted:
.so ovsdb/remote-active.man
.so ovsdb/remote-passive.man
.PP
exist. This option should only be used if such legacy software is
actually in use. It requires the \fBbrcompat_mod.ko\fR kernel module
to be loaded.
+.IP
+On non-Linux hosts, this option is accepted but has no effect.
.
.so lib/daemon.man
.SS "Public Key Infrastructure Options"
Lists each MAC address/VLAN pair learned by the specified \fIbridge\fR,
along with the port on which it was learned and the age of the entry,
in seconds.
+.IP "\fBbridge/reconnect\fR [\fIbridge\fR]"
+Makes \fIbridge\fR drop all of its OpenFlow controller connections and
+reconnect. If \fIbridge\fR is not specified, then all bridges drop
+their controller connections and reconnect.
+.IP
+This command might be useful for debugging OpenFlow controller issues.
.
.IP "\fBbridge/dump-flows\fR \fIbridge\fR"
Lists all flows in \fIbridge\fR, including those normally hidden to