datapath: Remove tunnel header caching.

[openvswitch] / vswitchd / vswitch.xml

diff --git a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
index f486d6afd431c681da33b235d3457812127b3729..602e68713db4e052646122d3aad71020d5bdf93f 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">
@@ -1222,6 +1233,9 @@
             implemented.  UDP ports 58881 and 58882 are used as the source and
             destination ports respectively.  CAPWAP is currently supported only
             with the Linux kernel datapath with kernel version 2.6.26 or later.
+
+            CAPWAP support is deprecated and will be removed no earlier than
+            February 2013.
           </dd>
 
           <dt><code>patch</code></dt>
@@ -1374,16 +1388,6 @@
         <p>
           Only <code>gre</code> interfaces support these options.
         </p>
-
-        <column name="options" key="header_cache" type='{"type": "boolean"}'>
-          Enable caching of tunnel headers and the output path.  This can lead
-          to a significant performance increase without changing behavior.  In
-          general it should not be necessary to adjust this setting.  However,
-          the caching can bypass certain components of the IP stack (such as
-          <code>iptables</code>) and it may be useful to disable it if these
-          features are required or as a debugging measure.  Default is enabled,
-          set to <code>false</code> to disable.
-        </column>
       </group>
 
       <group title="Tunnel Options: gre and ipsec_gre only">