docs: Make it clear that ovs-openflowd is an alternative to ovs-vswitchd.

[sliver-openvswitch.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
index 881a113..16f2ee6 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ vSwitch supports the following features:
     * Support for OpenFlow
     * Compatibility layer for the Linux bridging code
 
-The included Linux kernel module supports Linux 2.6.15 and up, with
+The included Linux kernel module supports Linux 2.6.18 and up, with
 testing focused on 2.6.18 with Centos and Xen patches and version
 2.6.26 from kernel.org.  Open vSwitch also has special support for
 Citrix XenServer hosts.
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ The main components of this distribution are:
 Open vSwitch also provides an OpenFlow implementation and tools for
 those interested in OpenFlow but not additional Open vSwitch features:
 
-    * ovs-openflowd, a program that implements a simple OpenFlow
-      switch (without the special features provided by ovs-vswitchd)
-      using the same kernel module as ovs-vswitchd.
+    * ovs-openflowd, an alternative to ovs-vswitchd that implements a
+      simple OpenFlow switch, without the special features provided by
+      ovs-vswitchd.
 
     * ovs-controller, a simple OpenFlow controller.