minor changes to Makefile and related docs

[sliver-openvswitch.git] / planetlab / exp-tool / Makefile.help

diff --git a/planetlab/exp-tool/Makefile.help b/planetlab/exp-tool/Makefile.help
index e4ad76f..4c6773e 100644 (file)
--- a/planetlab/exp-tool/Makefile.help
+++ b/planetlab/exp-tool/Makefile.help
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
+in almost all cases below it is recommended to use the -j option to make
+which was the point with uing make in the first place
+so that maximum degree of parallelism can be reached
+

 ==================== usual target
 make [init+all]
         shortcut for 'make init all'
 make init
         create util subdirs needed by this tool
 ==================== usual target
 make [init+all]
         shortcut for 'make init all'
 make init
         create util subdirs needed by this tool

-make all
+make -j all

         initialize the whole topology on all nodes
 ==================== inspect donfig
 make showslice
         initialize the whole topology on all nodes
 ==================== inspect donfig
 make showslice


@@ -16,20 +20,26 @@ make showlinks
 make sshchecks
 make ovsversions
         try out ssh connectivity to slivers in the slice, or show installed ovs version
 make sshchecks
 make ovsversions
         try out ssh connectivity to slivers in the slice, or show installed ovs version

+make sshs SSH-COMMAND="bla bla bla"
+       run "bla bla bla" in all slivers (and under sudo)

 ==================== For changing the topology on the fly
 make L/<id1>-<id2>
        create a link between nodes with ids <id1> and <id2>
 make U/<id1>-<id2>
        delete link between nodes with ids <id1> and <id2>
 ==================== cleanup
 ==================== For changing the topology on the fly
 make L/<id1>-<id2>
        create a link between nodes with ids <id1> and <id2>
 make U/<id1>-<id2>
        delete link between nodes with ids <id1> and <id2>
 ==================== cleanup

+make shutdown
+       tear down everything on the slivers, stops daemons and all

 make clean
 make clean

-       clean up whatever has been created on the slivers
+       clean up whatever has been created on the slivers, keeps daemons running

 make distclean
        clean up local cache, useful when restarting from a clean slice
 ==================== configure (direct switches towards) OF controllers 
 make showcontrollers
        show how OF controllers are configured from conf.mk
        use CONTROLLER_<nodeid> if set, or CONTROLLER as a default otherwise
 make distclean
        clean up local cache, useful when restarting from a clean slice
 ==================== configure (direct switches towards) OF controllers 
 make showcontrollers
        show how OF controllers are configured from conf.mk
        use CONTROLLER_<nodeid> if set, or CONTROLLER as a default otherwise

+       e.g. CONTROLLER=tcp:112.34.23.56:6633
+

 make controllers
        configure the various switches so they use the configured controllers
 ==================== devel
 make controllers
        configure the various switches so they use the configured controllers
 ==================== devel