-Open vSwitch uses OpenFlow as its preferred method of remote flow table
-configuration. Running ovs-vswitchd(8) with the bridge.<name>.controller
-set of parameters as described in ovs-vswitchd.conf(5) will cause it to
-connect to the specified controller using OpenFlow. We recommend using
-OpenFlow in this manner, however, it is also possible to use Open vSwitch
-as a simple OpenFlow switch like that provided by the OpenFlow reference
-implementation [1].
+Open vSwitch uses OpenFlow as its preferred method of remote flow
+table configuration. This is the simplest method of using it with an
+OpenFlow controller. The ovs-vsctl "set-controller" command can also
+be used in conjunction with ovs-vswitchd to set the controller for one
+or more bridges. We recommend using OpenFlow in this manner and in this
+case you should not run ovs-openflowd. Directions for setting up
+ovs-vswitchd can be found in INSTALL.Linux.
+
+However, it is also possible to use Open vSwitch as a simple OpenFlow
+switch like that provided by the OpenFlow reference implementation
+[1]. The remainder of this file describes how to use it in that
+manner.