netdev: Allow providers to be managed at runtime.

[sliver-openvswitch.git] / lib / dpif.man

diff --git a/lib/dpif.man b/lib/dpif.man
index 3a58caf..63e172f 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/dpif.man
+++ b/lib/dpif.man
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 .RS
 .TP
-\fBdp\fIN\fR
+[\fItype\fB@\fR]\fBdp\fIN\fR
 Datapath number \fIN\fR, where \fIN\fR is a number between 0 and 255,
-inclusive.
+inclusive.  If \fItype\fR is given, it specifies the datapath provider of
+\fBdp\fIN\fR, otherwise the default provider \fBsystem\fR is assumed.
 
 .TP
-\fIname\fR
+[\fItype\fB@\fR]\fIname\fR
 The name of the network device associated with the datapath's local
 port.  (\fB\*(PN\fR internally converts this into a datapath number,
-as above.)
+as above.)  If \fItype\fR is given, it specifies the datapath provider of
+\fIname\fR, otherwise the default provider \fBsystem\fR is assumed.