X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=vswitchd%2Fovs-vswitchd.8.in;h=6941bdf5e51070afb831f4546764c8b6154f165c;hb=0efaf4b50c99bfdc255a27bb55312744feb34cc6;hp=28e55ba31ca4365dc2d40c5a0d5b7873f5163200;hpb=064af42167bf4fc9aaea2702d80ce08074b889c0;p=openvswitch diff --git a/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in b/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in index 28e55ba3..6941bdf5 100644 --- a/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in +++ b/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@ -.TH ovs\-vswitchd 8 "March 2009" "Open vSwitch" "OpenVSwitch Manual" +.TH ovs\-vswitchd 8 "June 2009" "Open vSwitch" "Open vSwitch Manual" .ds PN ovs\-vswitchd . .SH NAME -ovs\-vswitchd \- virtual switch daemon +ovs\-vswitchd \- Open vSwitch daemon . .SH SYNOPSIS .B ovs\-vswitchd \fIconfig\fR . .SH DESCRIPTION -A daemon that manages and controls any number of virtual switches on -the local machine. +A daemon that manages and controls any number of Open vSwitch switches +on the local machine. .PP The mandatory \fIconfig\fR argument specifies a configuration file. For a description of \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR configuration syntax, see @@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ operates switching across each bridge described in its configuration files. If a logfile was specified on the command line it will also be opened or reopened. .PP -\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR virtual switches may be configured with any of the -following features: +\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR switches may be configured with any of the following +features: . .IP \(bu L2 switching with MAC learning. @@ -46,17 +46,17 @@ Connectivity to an external OpenFlow controller, such as NOX. . .PP Only a single instance of \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR is intended to run at a time. -A single \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR can manage any number of virtual switches, up +A single \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR can manage any number of switch instances, up to the maximum number of supported Open vSwitch datapaths. .PP -\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR does all the necessary management of OpenVSwitch datapaths +\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR does all the necessary management of Open vSwitch datapaths itself. Thus, external tools, such \fBovs\-dpctl\fR(8), are not needed for managing datapaths in conjunction with \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR, and their use to modify datapaths when \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR is running can interfere with its operation. (\fBovs\-dpctl\fR may still be useful for diagnostics.) .PP An Open vSwitch datapath kernel module must be loaded for \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR -to be useful. Please refer to the \fBINSTALL\fR file included in the +to be useful. Please refer to the \fBINSTALL.Linux\fR file included in the Open vSwitch distribution for instructions on how to build and load the Open vSwitch kernel module. .PP @@ -84,4 +84,4 @@ Only Linux 2.6.\fIx\fR is currently supported. .BR ovs\-appctl (8), .BR ovs\-vswitchd.conf (5), .BR ovs\-brcompatd (8), -\fBINSTALL\fR in the Open vSwitch distribution. +\fBINSTALL.Linux\fR in the Open vSwitch distribution.