debian: Avoid implying that Linux 2.6.9 is supported.

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

diff --git a/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in b/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
index eb0cebed0d41d4610c893ac55f4cde41253288b5..c4fbed90bd212f27fb011e1afb27ba2fb0541dd9 100644 (file)
--- a/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
+++ b/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
@@ -428,6 +428,43 @@ Extended Match) extension to OpenFlow.  When one of these is specified,
 extension.  If the switch does not support NXM, then \fBovs\-ofctl\fR
 will report a fatal error.
 .
+.IP \fBvlan_tci=\fItci\fR[\fB/\fImask\fR]
+Matches modified VLAN TCI \fItci\fR.  If \fImask\fR is omitted,
+\fItci\fR is the exact VLAN TCI to match; if \fImask\fR is specified,
+then a 1-bit in \fItci\fR indicates that the corresponding bit in
+\fItci\fR must match exactly, and a 0-bit wildcards that bit.  Both
+\fItci\fR and \fImask\fR are 16-bit values that are decimal by
+default; use a \fB0x\fR prefix to specify them in hexadecimal.
+.
+.IP
+The value that \fBvlan_tci\fR matches against is 0 for a packet that
+has no 802.1Q header.  Otherwise, it is the TCI value from the 802.1Q
+header with the CFI bit (with value \fB0x1000\fR) forced to 1.
+.IP
+Examples:
+.RS
+.IP \fBvlan_tci=0\fR
+Match only packets without an 802.1Q header.
+.IP \fBvlan_tci=0xf123\fR
+Match packets tagged with priority 7 in VLAN 0x123.
+.IP \fBvlan_tci=0x1123/0x1fff\fR
+Match packets tagged with VLAN 0x123 (and any priority).
+.IP \fBvlan_tci=0x5000/0xf000\fR
+Match packets tagged with priority 2 (in any VLAN).
+.IP \fBvlan_tci=0/0xfff\fR
+Match packets with no 802.1Q header or tagged with VLAN 0 (and any
+priority).
+.IP \fBvlan_tci=0x5000/0xe000\fR
+Match packets with no 802.1Q header or tagged with priority 2 (in any
+VLAN).
+.IP \fBvlan_tci=0/0xefff\fR
+Match packets with no 802.1Q header or tagged with VLAN 0 and priority
+0.
+.RE
+.IP
+Some of these matching possibilities can also be achieved with
+\fBdl_vlan\fR and \fBdl_vlan_pcp\fR.
+.
 .IP \fBarp_sha=\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fR
 .IQ \fBarp_tha=\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fR
 When \fBdl_type\fR specifies ARP, \fBarp_sha\fR and \fBarp_tha\fR match
@@ -511,6 +548,11 @@ Same as \fBdl_type=0x86dd,nw_proto=17\fR.
 Same as \fBdl_type=0x86dd,nw_proto=58\fR.
 .
 .PP
+Finally, field assignments to \fBduration\fR, \fBn_packets\fR, or
+\fBn_bytes\fR are ignored to allow output from the \fBdump\-flows\fR
+command to be used as input for other commands that parse flows.
+.
+.PP
 The \fBadd\-flow\fR and \fBadd\-flows\fR commands require an additional
 field, which must be the final field specified:
 .