Make ovs-appctl easier to use and synchronize its interface with ovs-vsctl.

[sliver-openvswitch.git] / INSTALL.Linux

diff --git a/INSTALL.Linux b/INSTALL.Linux
index 2683940..38b0269 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL.Linux
+++ b/INSTALL.Linux
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
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 This document describes how to build and install Open vSwitch on a
-generic Linux host host.  If you want to install Open vSwitch on a
-Citrix XenServer 5.5.0, see INSTALL.XenServer instead.
+generic Linux host.  If you want to install Open vSwitch on a Citrix
+XenServer version 5.5.0, see INSTALL.XenServer instead.
 
 This version of Open vSwitch should be built manually with "configure"
 and "make".  Debian packaging for Open vSwitch is also included, but
@@ -156,16 +156,14 @@ respectively.
 
 At runtime, you may make ovs-vswitchd reload its configuration file
 and update its configuration accordingly by sending it a SIGHUP
-signal.  The ovs-appctl utility can also be used to do this with a
-command such as:
+signal.  The ovs-appctl utility can also be used to do this:
 
-    % ovs-appctl -t <pid> -e vswitchd/reload
+    % ovs-appctl vswitchd/reload
 
-where <pid> is ovs-vswitchd's process ID.  In the latter case,
-ovs-appctl will not exit until the reload and reconfiguration is
-complete.
+In the latter case, ovs-appctl will wait for ovs-vswitchd to finish
+reloading before it exits.
 
 Bug Reporting
 -------------
 
-Please report problems to ovs-bugs@openvswitch.org.
+Please report problems to bugs@openvswitch.org.