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[openvswitch] / vswitchd / ovs-vswitchd.8.in

diff --git a/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in b/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in
index 24c1c5d3df6f9a26c2633df28c0fb26eff612ce1..79f17d3db6f52ecd50b379737146609e36263fe9 100644 (file)
--- a/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in
+++ b/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ ovs\-vswitchd \- Open vSwitch daemon
 A daemon that manages and controls any number of Open vSwitch switches 
 on the local machine.
 .PP
-The mandatory \fIdatabase\fR argument specifies the
-\fBovsdb\-server\fR from which \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR's configuration
-should be retrieved.  It takes one of the following forms:
+The mandatory \fIdatabase\fR argument normally takes the form
+\fBunix:\fIfile\fR, where \fIfile\fR is the name of a Unix domain
+socket on which \fBovsdb-server\fR is listening.  However, all of the
+following forms are accepted:
 .so ovsdb/remote-active.man
 .so ovsdb/remote-passive.man
 .PP
@@ -92,6 +93,8 @@ and \fB/proc/net/bonding\fR that some legacy software expects to
 exist.  This option should only be used if such legacy software is
 actually in use.  It requires the \fBbrcompat_mod.ko\fR kernel module
 to be loaded.
+.IP
+On non-Linux hosts, this option is accepted but has no effect.
 .
 .so lib/daemon.man
 .SS "Public Key Infrastructure Options"
@@ -115,6 +118,12 @@ These commands manage bridges.
 Lists each MAC address/VLAN pair learned by the specified \fIbridge\fR,
 along with the port on which it was learned and the age of the entry,
 in seconds.
+.IP "\fBbridge/reconnect\fR [\fIbridge\fR]"
+Makes \fIbridge\fR drop all of its OpenFlow controller connections and
+reconnect.  If \fIbridge\fR is not specified, then all bridges drop
+their controller connections and reconnect.
+.IP
+This command might be useful for debugging OpenFlow controller issues.
 .
 .IP "\fBbridge/dump-flows\fR \fIbridge\fR"
 Lists all flows in \fIbridge\fR, including those normally hidden to