X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=utilities%2Fovs-ctl.8;h=658cbd6ba5e92fa75ca6e436a5fa86ccc6071c80;hb=2953097759d3baaf22223b876d0028be8df78d3d;hp=0e4116206a92d4f81a720597bfed9d454f3c6af1;hpb=da3db88f3a7993a8e2a118542704e0babbe93fac;p=openvswitch diff --git a/utilities/ovs-ctl.8 b/utilities/ovs-ctl.8 index 0e411620..658cbd6b 100644 --- a/utilities/ovs-ctl.8 +++ b/utilities/ovs-ctl.8 @@ -124,9 +124,8 @@ ID that persists from one run to another (stored in a file). When another string is specified \fBovs\-ctl\fR uses it literally. . .PP -On systems that have the \fBlsb_release\fR program, \fBovs\-ctl\fR -chooses reasonable defaults for the following options. Other systems -should specify values: +The following options should be specified if the defaults are not +suitable: . .IP "\fB\-\-system\-type=\fItype\fR" .IQ "\fB\-\-system\-version=\fIversion\fR" @@ -135,6 +134,11 @@ Sets the value to store in the \fBsystem-type\fR and \fBOpen_vSwitch\fR table. Remote managers may use these values to determine the kind of system to which they are connected (primarily for display to human administrators). +.IP +When not specified, \fBovs\-ctl\fR uses values from the optional +\fBsystem\-type.conf\fR and \fBsystem\-version.conf\fR files(see section +\fBFILES\fR) or it uses the \fBlsb_release\fR program, if present, to +provide reasonable defaults. . .PP The following options are also likely to be useful: @@ -400,6 +404,11 @@ location). The persistent system UUID created and read by \fB\-\-system\-id=random\fR. . +.IP "\fIsysconfdir\fB/openvswitch/system\-type.conf\fR" +.IQ "\fIsysconfdir\fB/openvswitch/system\-version.conf\fR" +The \fBsystem\-type\fR and \fBsystem\-version\fR values stored in the database's +\fBOpen_vSwitch\fR table when not specified as a command-line option. +. .SH "EXAMPLE" . .PP