+/* "encode-hello BITMAP...": Encodes each BITMAP as an OpenFlow hello message
+ * and dumps each message in hex. */
+static void
+ofctl_encode_hello(int argc OVS_UNUSED, char *argv[])
+{
+ uint32_t bitmap = strtol(argv[1], NULL, 0);
+ struct ofpbuf *hello;
+
+ hello = ofputil_encode_hello(bitmap);
+ ovs_hex_dump(stdout, hello->data, hello->size, 0, false);
+ ofp_print(stdout, hello->data, hello->size, verbosity);
+ ofpbuf_delete(hello);
+}
+