-A daemon that provides a legacy bridge front-end for \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR. It
-does this by listening for bridge ioctl commands (e.g., those generated by
-the \fBbrctl\fR program) to add or remove datapaths and the interfaces
-that attach to them.
+A daemon that provides a legacy bridge front-end for \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR. It
+does this by listening for bridge ioctl commands (e.g., those generated by
+the \fBbrctl\fR program) to add or remove datapaths and the interfaces
+that attach to them.
.PP
The mandatory \fIdatabase\fR argument specifies the
\fBovsdb\-server\fR from which \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR's configuration is
.PP
The mandatory \fIdatabase\fR argument specifies the
\fBovsdb\-server\fR from which \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR's configuration is
Sets the command that \fBovs\-brcompatd\fR runs to communicate with
\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR. The command is run in \fB/bin/sh\fR as a shell
command, so \fIcommand\fR may contain arbitrary shell metacharacters,
Sets the command that \fBovs\-brcompatd\fR runs to communicate with
\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR. The command is run in \fB/bin/sh\fR as a shell
command, so \fIcommand\fR may contain arbitrary shell metacharacters,
.IP
\fIcommand\fR must contain exactly one instance of \fB%s\fR, which
\fBovs\-brcompatd\fR replaces by a command from the set understood by
.IP
\fIcommand\fR must contain exactly one instance of \fB%s\fR, which
\fBovs\-brcompatd\fR replaces by a command from the set understood by
standard error streams, because \fBovs\-brcompatd\fR expects to read
both of these streams separately.
.TP
standard error streams, because \fBovs\-brcompatd\fR expects to read
both of these streams separately.
.TP
that no longer exist. If \fIsecs\fR is zero, then entries are never
pruned. The default prune timeout is 5 seconds.
.
that no longer exist. If \fIsecs\fR is zero, then entries are never
pruned. The default prune timeout is 5 seconds.
.