ofproto: Add support for OF1.3 port description multipart message.

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

diff --git a/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in b/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
index 4164bc9..4f54208 100644 (file)
--- a/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
+++ b/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ associated with that device will be printed.  \fInetdev\fR can be an
 OpenFlow assigned port number or device name, e.g. \fBeth0\fR.
 .
 .TP
+\fBdump\-ports\-desc \fIswitch\fR
+Prints to the console detailed information about network devices
+associated with \fIswitch\fR (version 1.7 or later).  This is a subset
+of the information provided by the \fBshow\fR command.
+.
+.TP
 \fBmod\-port \fIswitch\fR \fInetdev\fR \fIaction\fR
 Modify characteristics of an interface monitored by \fIswitch\fR.  
 \fInetdev\fR can be referred to by its OpenFlow assigned port number or 
@@ -886,6 +892,10 @@ processing.
 Does nothing at all.  Any number of bytes represented as hex digits
 \fIhh\fR may be included.  Pairs of hex digits may be separated by
 periods for readability.
+The \fBnote\fR action's format doesn't include an exact length for its
+payload, so the provided bytes will be padded on the right by enough
+bytes with value 0 to make the total number 6 more than a multiple of
+8.
 .
 .IP "\fBmove:\fIsrc\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]\->\fIdst\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]\fR"
 Copies the named bits from field \fIsrc\fR to field \fIdst\fR.