Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/ovs-dev' into bsd-port

[sliver-openvswitch.git] / ofproto / ofproto-unixctl.man

diff --git a/ofproto/ofproto-unixctl.man b/ofproto/ofproto-unixctl.man
index be6f002..c66ea50 100644 (file)
--- a/ofproto/ofproto-unixctl.man
+++ b/ofproto/ofproto-unixctl.man
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
 .SS "OFPROTO COMMANDS"
 These commands manage the core OpenFlow switch implementation (called
 \fBofproto\fR).
+.
 .IP "\fBofproto/list\fR"
 Lists the names of the running ofproto instances.  These are the names
 that may be used on \fBofproto/trace\fR.
-.IP "\fBofproto/trace \fIswitch tun_id in_port packet\fR"
-Traces the path of an imaginary packet through \fIswitch\fR.  The
-arguments are:
+.
+.IP "\fBofproto/trace \fIswitch priority tun_id in_port packet\fR"
+.IQ "\fBofproto/trace \fIswitch flow \fB\-generate\fR"
+Traces the path of an imaginary packet through \fIswitch\fR.  Both
+forms require \fIswitch\fR, the switch on which the packet arrived
+(one of those listed by \fBofproto/list\fR).  The first form specifies
+a packet's contents explicitly:
 .RS
-.IP "\fIswitch\fR"
-The switch on which the packet arrived (one of those listed by
-\fBofproto/list\fR).
+.IP "\fIpriority\fR"
+Packet QoS priority. Use \fB0\fR if QoS is not setup.
 .IP "\fItun_id\fR"
 The tunnel ID on which the packet arrived.  Use
 \fB0\fR if the packet did not arrive through a tunnel.
@@ -24,6 +28,50 @@ hex digits.  Obviously, it is inconvenient to type in the hex digits
 by hand, so the \fBovs\-pcap\fR(1) and \fBovs\-tcpundump\fR(1)
 utilities provide easier ways.
 .RE
+.IP
+The second form specifies the packet's contents implicitly:
+.RS
+.IP "\fIflow\fR"
+A flow in one of two forms: either the form printed by
+\fBovs\-dpctl\fR(8)'s \fBdump\-flows\fR command, or in a format
+similar to that accepted by \Bovs\-ofctl\fR(8)'s \fBadd\-flow\fR
+command.  This is not an OpenFlow flow: besides other differences, it
+never contains wildcards.  \fB\*(PN\fR generates an arbitrary packet
+that has the specified \fIflow\fR.
+.RE
+.IP
 \fB\*(PN\fR will respond with extensive information on how the packet
 would be handled if it were to be received.  The packet will not
-actually be sent.
+actually be sent, but side effects such as MAC learning will occur.
+.
+.IP "\fBofproto/trace \fIswitch flow\fR"
+Traces the path of a packet in an imaginary flow through
+\fIswitch\fR.  The arguments are:
+.RS
+.IP "\fIswitch\fR"
+The switch on which the packet arrived (one of those listed by
+\fBofproto/list\fR).
+.IP "\fIflow\fR"
+A flow in one of two forms: either the form printed by
+\fBovs\-dpctl\fR(8)'s \fBdump\-flows\fR command, or in a format
+similar to that accepted by \Bovs\-ofctl\fR(8)'s \fBadd\-flow\fR
+command.  This is not an OpenFlow flow: besides other differences, it
+never contains wildcards.
+.RE
+.IP
+\fB\*(PN\fR will respond with extensive information on how a packet
+in \fIflow\fR would be handled if it were received by
+\fIswitch\fR.  No packet will actually be sent.  Some side effects may
+occur, but MAC learning in particular will not.
+.IP
+This form of \fBofproto/trace\fR cannot determine the complete set of
+datapath actions in some corner cases.  If the results say that this
+is the case, rerun \fBofproto/trace\fR supplying a packet in the flow
+to get complete results.
+.IP "\fBofproto/self\-check\fR [\fIswitch\fR]"
+Runs an internal consistency check on \fIswitch\fR, if specified,
+otherwise on all ofproto instances, and responds with a brief summary
+of the results.  If the summary reports any errors, then the Open
+vSwitch logs should contain more detailed information.  Please pass
+along errors reported by this command to the Open vSwitch developers
+as bugs.