ovs-pki: Improve manpage style.

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

diff --git a/utilities/ovs-dpctl.8.in b/utilities/ovs-dpctl.8.in
index bf7f97f6d280d63557c6ec76f83e2276e0232264..042bcd5535b3bb2f33206bf1c7497c153a2f9f45 100644 (file)
--- a/utilities/ovs-dpctl.8.in
+++ b/utilities/ovs-dpctl.8.in
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+.de IQ
+.  br
+.  ns
+.  IP "\\$1"
+..
 .TH ovs\-dpctl 8 "August 2009" "Open vSwitch" "Open vSwitch Manual"
 .ds PN ovs\-dpctl
 .
@@ -11,8 +16,7 @@ ovs\-dpctl \- administer Open vSwitch datapaths
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
 The \fBovs\-dpctl\fR program can create, modify, and delete Open vSwitch
-datapaths.  A single machine may host up to 256 datapaths (numbered 0
-to 255).
+datapaths.  A single machine may host any number of datapaths.
 .PP
 A newly created datapath is associated with only one network device, a
 virtual network device sometimes called the datapath's ``local port''.
@@ -62,6 +66,9 @@ The following options are currently supported:
 .RS
 .IP "\fBtype=\fItype\fR"
 Specifies the type of port to add.  The default type is \fBsystem\fR.
+.IP "\fBport_no=\fIport\fR"
+Requests a specific port number within the datapath.  If this option is
+not specified then one will be automatically assigned.
 .IP "\fIkey\fB=\fIvalue\fR"
 Adds an arbitrary key-value option to the port's configuration.
 .RE
@@ -74,9 +81,9 @@ Reconfigures each \fIport\fR in \fIdp\fR as specified.  An
 \fIoption\fR of the form \fIkey\fB=\fIvalue\fR adds the specified
 key-value option to the port or overrides an existing key's value.  An
 \fIoption\fR of the form \fIkey\fB=\fR, that is, without a value,
-deletes the key-value named \fIkey\fR.  The type of a port cannot be
-changed, so \fBtype=\fItype\fR is only allowed if \fItype\fR is the
-port's existing type.
+deletes the key-value named \fIkey\fR.  The type and port number of a
+port cannot be changed, so \fBtype\fR and \fBport_no\fR are only allowed if
+they match the existing configuration.
 .TP
 \fBdel\-if \fIdp netdev\fR...
 Removes each \fInetdev\fR from the list of network devices datapath
@@ -115,11 +122,13 @@ not OpenFlow flow entries.  By deleting them, the process that set them
 up may be confused about their disappearance.
 .
 .SH OPTIONS
-.IP "\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-statistics\fR"
+.IP "\fB\-s\fR"
+.IQ "\fB\-\-statistics\fR"
 Causes the \fBshow\fR command to print packet and byte counters for
 each port within the datapaths that it shows.
-.TP
-\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-timeout=\fIsecs\fR
+.
+.IP "\fB\-t\fR"
+.IQ "\fB\-\-timeout=\fIsecs\fR"
 Limits \fBovs\-dpctl\fR runtime to approximately \fIsecs\fR seconds.  If
 the timeout expires, \fBovs\-dpctl\fR will exit with a \fBSIGALRM\fR
 signal.