ofproto-dpif: Introduce "internal flows" for handling flow table misses.

[openvswitch] / utilities / ovs-ofctl.8.in

diff --git a/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in b/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
index 4164bc9ed060d9b481d845a57f941076e16e456a..4f54208abd8102620c480549f241657b78cbe8d7 100644 (file)
--- a/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
+++ b/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ associated with that device will be printed.  \fInetdev\fR can be an
 OpenFlow assigned port number or device name, e.g. \fBeth0\fR.
 .
 .TP
 OpenFlow assigned port number or device name, e.g. \fBeth0\fR.
 .
 .TP

+\fBdump\-ports\-desc \fIswitch\fR
+Prints to the console detailed information about network devices
+associated with \fIswitch\fR (version 1.7 or later).  This is a subset
+of the information provided by the \fBshow\fR command.
+.
+.TP

 \fBmod\-port \fIswitch\fR \fInetdev\fR \fIaction\fR
 Modify characteristics of an interface monitored by \fIswitch\fR.  
 \fInetdev\fR can be referred to by its OpenFlow assigned port number or 
 \fBmod\-port \fIswitch\fR \fInetdev\fR \fIaction\fR
 Modify characteristics of an interface monitored by \fIswitch\fR.  
 \fInetdev\fR can be referred to by its OpenFlow assigned port number or 


@@ -886,6 +892,10 @@ processing.
 Does nothing at all.  Any number of bytes represented as hex digits
 \fIhh\fR may be included.  Pairs of hex digits may be separated by
 periods for readability.
 Does nothing at all.  Any number of bytes represented as hex digits
 \fIhh\fR may be included.  Pairs of hex digits may be separated by
 periods for readability.

+The \fBnote\fR action's format doesn't include an exact length for its
+payload, so the provided bytes will be padded on the right by enough
+bytes with value 0 to make the total number 6 more than a multiple of
+8.

 .
 .IP "\fBmove:\fIsrc\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]\->\fIdst\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]\fR"
 Copies the named bits from field \fIsrc\fR to field \fIdst\fR.
 .
 .IP "\fBmove:\fIsrc\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]\->\fIdst\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]\fR"
 Copies the named bits from field \fIsrc\fR to field \fIdst\fR.