#! /bin/sh
-# Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Nicira, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Nicira, Inc.
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
log_success_msg "ovs-vswitchd is already running"
else
# Increase the limit on the number of open file descriptors.
- # ovs-vswitchd needs 16 per datapath, plus a few extra, so this
- # should allow for 256 (or more) bridges.
+ # On Linux, ovs-vswitchd needs about one file descriptor per
+ # switch port, so this allows a very large number of switch
+ # ports.
ulimit -n 5000
# Start ovs-vswitchd.
"${script_ofports}" script_ofports
;;
*)
+ script_ofports=""
;;
esac
}