X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=vswitchd%2Fovs-brcompatd.8.in;h=0cce84d7ae48777785b1827d89d970c1e914ae82;hb=16472256190e083258bfcf6a4ba4f74cb412fcd4;hp=28d2d9836db5f2f13ba64d44d1710fb06777cff7;hpb=36594cd0b01407bb7ed44ef424ab8d8a810e7c43;p=openvswitch diff --git a/vswitchd/ovs-brcompatd.8.in b/vswitchd/ovs-brcompatd.8.in index 28d2d983..0cce84d7 100644 --- a/vswitchd/ovs-brcompatd.8.in +++ b/vswitchd/ovs-brcompatd.8.in @@ -9,25 +9,22 @@ ovs\-brcompatd \- Bridge compatibility front-end for ovs\-vswitchd [\fIoptions\fR] \fIdatabase\fR . .SH DESCRIPTION -A daemon that provides a legacy bridge front-end for \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR. It -does this by listening for bridge ioctl commands (e.g., those generated by -the \fBbrctl\fR program) to add or remove datapaths and the interfaces -that attach to them. +A daemon that provides a legacy bridge front-end for \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR. It +does this by listening for bridge ioctl commands (e.g., those generated by +the \fBbrctl\fR program) to add or remove datapaths and the interfaces +that attach to them. .PP The mandatory \fIdatabase\fR argument specifies the -\fBovsdb\-server\fR from which \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR's configuration -is retrieved. It takes one of the following forms: -.IP "\fBtcp:\fIip\fB:\fIport\fR" -Connect to the given TCP \fIport\fR on \fIip\fR. -.IP "\fBunix:\fIfile\fR" -Connect to the Unix domain server socket named \fIfile\fR. +\fBovsdb\-server\fR from which \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR's configuration is +retrieved. It should take the form \fBunix:\fIfile\fR, to connect to +the Unix domain server socket named \fIfile\fR. .PP .SH OPTIONS -.IP "\fB--appctl-command=\fIcommand\fR" +.IP "\fB\-\-appctl\-command=\fIcommand\fR" Sets the command that \fBovs\-brcompatd\fR runs to communicate with \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR. The command is run in \fB/bin/sh\fR as a shell command, so \fIcommand\fR may contain arbitrary shell metacharacters, -etc. The \fB--help\fR option displays the default command. +etc. The \fB\-\-help\fR option displays the default command. .IP \fIcommand\fR must contain exactly one instance of \fB%s\fR, which \fBovs\-brcompatd\fR replaces by a command from the set understood by @@ -43,10 +40,10 @@ can be listed by passing \fBhelp\fR to \fBovs\-appctl\fR with standard error streams, because \fBovs\-brcompatd\fR expects to read both of these streams separately. .TP -\fB--prune-timeout=\fIsecs\fR +\fB\-\-prune\-timeout=\fIsecs\fR . Sets the maximum time between pruning port entries to \fIsecs\fR seconds. -Pruning ports is the process of removing port entries from \fIdatabase\fR +Pruning ports is the process of removing port entries from \fIdatabase\fR that no longer exist. If \fIsecs\fR is zero, then entries are never pruned. The default prune timeout is 5 seconds. .