ovs-ofctl: Add support for "resubmit" Nicira vendor extension.

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

diff --git a/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in b/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
index e7d7fc5..da2ecd9 100644 (file)
--- a/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
+++ b/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
@@ -391,6 +391,15 @@ Sets the IP ToS/DSCP field to \fItos\fR.  Valid values are between 0 and
 255, inclusive.  Note that the two lower reserved bits are never
 modified.
 .
+.IP \fBresubmit\fB:\fIport\fR
+Re-searches the OpenFlow flow table with the \fBin_port\fR field
+replaced by \fIport\fR and executes the actions found, if any, in
+addition to any other actions in this flow entry.  Recursive
+\fBresubmit\fR actions are ignored.
+.IP
+This action is a Nicira vendor extension that, as of this writing, is
+only known to be implemented by Open vSwitch.
+.
 .RE
 .
 .IP