netdev: Allow providers to be managed at runtime.

[sliver-openvswitch.git] / utilities / ovs-ofctl.8.in

diff --git a/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in b/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
index 439d3f5..17b5a40 100644 (file)
--- a/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
+++ b/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
@@ -26,27 +26,20 @@ connecting to an OpenFlow switch.  The following connection methods
 are supported:
 
 .RS
 are supported:
 
 .RS

-.IP "\fBssl:\fIip\fR[\fB:\fIport\fR]"
-The specified SSL \fIport\fR (default: 6633) on the host at the given
-\fIip\fR, which must be expressed as an IP address (not a DNS name).
-The \fB--private-key\fR, \fB--certificate\fR, and \fB--ca-cert\fR
-options are mandatory when this form is used.
-
-.IP "\fBtcp:\fIip\fR[\fB:\fIport\fR]"
-The specified TCP \fIport\fR (default: 6633) on the host at the given
-\fIip\fR, which must be expressed as an IP address (not a DNS name).
-
-.TP
-\fBunix:\fIfile\fR
-The Unix domain server socket named \fIfile\fR.  
-
+.so lib/vconn-active.man
+.

 .IP "\fIfile\fR"
 This is short for \fBunix:\fIfile\fR, as long as \fIfile\fR does not
 contain a colon.
 .IP "\fIfile\fR"
 This is short for \fBunix:\fIfile\fR, as long as \fIfile\fR does not
 contain a colon.

-
-.IP \fIdp\fR
-This is short for \fBunix:@RUNDIR@/\fIdp\fB.mgmt\fR, as long as
-\fIdp\fR does not contain a colon.
+.
+.IP \fIbridge\fR
+This is short for \fBunix:@RUNDIR@/\fIbridge\fB.mgmt\fR, as long as
+\fIbridge\fR does not contain a colon.
+.
+.IP [\fItype\fB@\fR]\fIdp\fR
+Attempts to look up the bridge associated with \fIdp\fR and open as
+above.  If \fItype\fR is given, it specifies the datapath provider of
+\fIdp\fR, otherwise the default provider \fBsystem\fR is assumed.

 .RE
 
 .TP
 .RE
 
 .TP


@@ -164,15 +157,6 @@ flow expirations.
 This command may be useful for debugging switch or controller
 implementations.
 
 This command may be useful for debugging switch or controller
 implementations.
 

-.TP
-\fBexecute \fIswitch command \fR[\fIarg\fR...]
-Sends a request to \fIswitch\fR to execute \fIcommand\fR along with
-each \fIarg\fR, if any, then waits for the command to complete and
-reports its completion status on \fBstderr\fR and its output, if any,
-on \fBstdout\fR.  The set of available commands and their argument is
-switch-dependent.  (This command uses a Nicira extension to OpenFlow
-that may not be available on all switches.)
-

 .SS "OpenFlow Switch and Controller Commands"
 
 The following commands, like those in the previous section, may be
 .SS "OpenFlow Switch and Controller Commands"
 
 The following commands, like those in the previous section, may be


@@ -451,28 +435,7 @@ described in \fBFlow Syntax\fR, above.
 \fB--strict\fR
 Uses strict matching when running flow modification commands.
 
 \fB--strict\fR
 Uses strict matching when running flow modification commands.
 

-.TP
-\fB-t\fR, \fB--timeout=\fIsecs\fR
-Limits \fBovs\-ofctl\fR runtime to approximately \fIsecs\fR seconds.  If
-the timeout expires, \fBovs\-ofctl\fR will exit with a \fBSIGALRM\fR
-signal.
-
-.TP
-\fB-p\fR, \fB--private-key=\fIprivkey.pem\fR
-Specifies a PEM file containing the private key used as the
-identity for SSL connections to a switch.
-
-.TP
-\fB-c\fR, \fB--certificate=\fIcert.pem\fR
-Specifies a PEM file containing a certificate, signed by the
-controller's certificate authority (CA), that certifies the
-private key to identify a trustworthy controller.
-
-.TP
-\fB-C\fR, \fB--ca-cert=\fIcacert.pem\fR
-Specifies a PEM file containing the CA certificate used to verify that
-a switch is trustworthy.
-
+.so lib/ssl.man

 .so lib/vlog.man
 .so lib/common.man
 
 .so lib/vlog.man
 .so lib/common.man