netdev: Allow providers to be managed at runtime.

[sliver-openvswitch.git] / utilities / ovs-ofctl.8.in

diff --git a/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in b/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
index 439d3f5..17b5a40 100644 (file)
--- a/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
+++ b/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
@@ -26,27 +26,20 @@ connecting to an OpenFlow switch.  The following connection methods
 are supported:
 
 .RS
-.IP "\fBssl:\fIip\fR[\fB:\fIport\fR]"
-The specified SSL \fIport\fR (default: 6633) on the host at the given
-\fIip\fR, which must be expressed as an IP address (not a DNS name).
-The \fB--private-key\fR, \fB--certificate\fR, and \fB--ca-cert\fR
-options are mandatory when this form is used.
-
-.IP "\fBtcp:\fIip\fR[\fB:\fIport\fR]"
-The specified TCP \fIport\fR (default: 6633) on the host at the given
-\fIip\fR, which must be expressed as an IP address (not a DNS name).
-
-.TP
-\fBunix:\fIfile\fR
-The Unix domain server socket named \fIfile\fR.  
-
+.so lib/vconn-active.man
+.
 .IP "\fIfile\fR"
 This is short for \fBunix:\fIfile\fR, as long as \fIfile\fR does not
 contain a colon.
-
-.IP \fIdp\fR
-This is short for \fBunix:@RUNDIR@/\fIdp\fB.mgmt\fR, as long as
-\fIdp\fR does not contain a colon.
+.
+.IP \fIbridge\fR
+This is short for \fBunix:@RUNDIR@/\fIbridge\fB.mgmt\fR, as long as
+\fIbridge\fR does not contain a colon.
+.
+.IP [\fItype\fB@\fR]\fIdp\fR
+Attempts to look up the bridge associated with \fIdp\fR and open as
+above.  If \fItype\fR is given, it specifies the datapath provider of
+\fIdp\fR, otherwise the default provider \fBsystem\fR is assumed.
 .RE
 
 .TP
@@ -164,15 +157,6 @@ flow expirations.
 This command may be useful for debugging switch or controller
 implementations.
 
-.TP
-\fBexecute \fIswitch command \fR[\fIarg\fR...]
-Sends a request to \fIswitch\fR to execute \fIcommand\fR along with
-each \fIarg\fR, if any, then waits for the command to complete and
-reports its completion status on \fBstderr\fR and its output, if any,
-on \fBstdout\fR.  The set of available commands and their argument is
-switch-dependent.  (This command uses a Nicira extension to OpenFlow
-that may not be available on all switches.)
-
 .SS "OpenFlow Switch and Controller Commands"
 
 The following commands, like those in the previous section, may be
@@ -451,28 +435,7 @@ described in \fBFlow Syntax\fR, above.
 \fB--strict\fR
 Uses strict matching when running flow modification commands.
 
-.TP
-\fB-t\fR, \fB--timeout=\fIsecs\fR
-Limits \fBovs\-ofctl\fR runtime to approximately \fIsecs\fR seconds.  If
-the timeout expires, \fBovs\-ofctl\fR will exit with a \fBSIGALRM\fR
-signal.
-
-.TP
-\fB-p\fR, \fB--private-key=\fIprivkey.pem\fR
-Specifies a PEM file containing the private key used as the
-identity for SSL connections to a switch.
-
-.TP
-\fB-c\fR, \fB--certificate=\fIcert.pem\fR
-Specifies a PEM file containing a certificate, signed by the
-controller's certificate authority (CA), that certifies the
-private key to identify a trustworthy controller.
-
-.TP
-\fB-C\fR, \fB--ca-cert=\fIcacert.pem\fR
-Specifies a PEM file containing the CA certificate used to verify that
-a switch is trustworthy.
-
+.so lib/ssl.man
 .so lib/vlog.man
 .so lib/common.man