Allow the OpenFlow port to be requested for a port.

[openvswitch] / vswitchd / vswitch.xml

diff --git a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
index f486d6afd431c681da33b235d3457812127b3729..c181b95aeab1b6bd940bd2620136756677dd9cee 100644 (file)
--- a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
+++ b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
@@ -1159,6 +1159,17 @@
         cannot be added then Open vSwitch sets this column
         to -1.</p>
       </column>
+
+      <column name="ofport_request">
+        <p>Requested OpenFlow port number for this interface.  The port
+        number must be between 1 and 65279, inclusive.  Some datapaths
+        cannot satisfy all requests for particular port numbers.  When
+        this column is empty or the request cannot be fulfilled, the
+        system will choose a free port.  The <ref column="ofport"/>
+        column reports the assigned OpenFlow port number.</p>
+        <p>The port number must be requested in the same transaction
+        that creates the port.</p>
+      </column>
     </group>
 
     <group title="System-Specific Details">