Add new --max-backoff option to secchan and switch programs.

[openvswitch] / switch / switch.8.in

diff --git a/switch/switch.8.in b/switch/switch.8.in
index 93e6868f3c73efe1d567c403a30a7b5733438b3c..6617101b3fcaab2418825afb546dd5d00c32580f 100644 (file)
--- a/switch/switch.8.in
+++ b/switch/switch.8.in
@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@ Specifies the OpenFlow switch ID (a 48-bit number that uniquely
 identifies a controller) as \fIdpid\fR, which consists of exactly 12
 hex digits.  Without this option, \fBswitch\fR picks an ID randomly.
 
+.TP
+\fB--max-backoff=\fIsecs\fR
+Sets the maximum time between attempts to connect to the controller to
+\fIsecs\fR, which must be at least 1.  The actual interval between
+connection attempts starts at 1 second and doubles on each failing
+attempt until it reaches the maximum.  The default maximum backoff
+time is 15 seconds.
+
 .TP
 \fB-p\fR, \fB--private-key=\fIprivkey.pem\fR
 Specifies a PEM file containing the private key used as the switch's