-.TH ovs\-vswitchd 8 "March 2009" "Open vSwitch" "OpenVSwitch Manual"
+.TH ovs\-vswitchd 8 "June 2009" "Open vSwitch" "Open vSwitch Manual"
.ds PN ovs\-vswitchd
.
.SH NAME
-ovs\-vswitchd \- virtual switch daemon
+ovs\-vswitchd \- Open vSwitch daemon
.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ovs\-vswitchd
\fIconfig\fR
.
.SH DESCRIPTION
-A daemon that manages and controls any number of virtual switches on
-the local machine.
+A daemon that manages and controls any number of Open vSwitch switches
+on the local machine.
.PP
The mandatory \fIconfig\fR argument specifies a configuration file.
For a description of \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR configuration syntax, see
files. If a logfile was specified on the command line it will also
be opened or reopened.
.PP
-\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR virtual switches may be configured with any of the
-following features:
+\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR switches may be configured with any of the following
+features:
.
.IP \(bu
L2 switching with MAC learning.
.
.PP
Only a single instance of \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR is intended to run at a time.
-A single \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR can manage any number of virtual switches, up
+A single \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR can manage any number of switch instances, up
to the maximum number of supported Open vSwitch datapaths.
.PP
-\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR does all the necessary management of OpenVSwitch datapaths
+\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR does all the necessary management of Open vSwitch datapaths
itself. Thus, external tools, such \fBovs\-dpctl\fR(8), are not needed for
managing datapaths in conjunction with \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR, and their use
to modify datapaths when \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR is running can interfere with
its operation. (\fBovs\-dpctl\fR may still be useful for diagnostics.)
.PP
An Open vSwitch datapath kernel module must be loaded for \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR
-to be useful. Please refer to the \fBINSTALL\fR file included in the
+to be useful. Please refer to the \fBINSTALL.Linux\fR file included in the
Open vSwitch distribution for instructions on how to build and load
the Open vSwitch kernel module.
.PP
.BR ovs\-appctl (8),
.BR ovs\-vswitchd.conf (5),
.BR ovs\-brcompatd (8),
-\fBINSTALL\fR in the Open vSwitch distribution.
+\fBINSTALL.Linux\fR in the Open vSwitch distribution.