. ns
. IP "\\$1"
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-.TH ovs\-vswitchd 8 "March 2009" "Open vSwitch" "Open vSwitch Manual"
+.TH ovs\-vswitchd 8 "June 2009" "Open vSwitch" "Open vSwitch Manual"
.ds PN ovs\-vswitchd
.
.SH NAME
-ovs\-vswitchd \- virtual switch daemon
+ovs\-vswitchd \- Open vSwitch daemon
.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ovs\-vswitchd
\fIconfig\fR
.
.SH DESCRIPTION
-A daemon that manages and controls any number of virtual switches on
-the local machine.
+A daemon that manages and controls any number of Open vSwitch switches
+on the local machine.
.PP
The mandatory \fIconfig\fR argument specifies a configuration file.
For a description of \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR configuration syntax, see
files. If a logfile was specified on the command line it will also
be opened or reopened.
.PP
-\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR virtual switches may be configured with any of the
-following features:
+\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR switches may be configured with any of the following
+features:
.
.IP \(bu
L2 switching with MAC learning.
.
.PP
Only a single instance of \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR is intended to run at a time.
-A single \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR can manage any number of virtual switches, up
+A single \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR can manage any number of switch instances, up
to the maximum number of supported Open vSwitch datapaths.
.PP
\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR does all the necessary management of Open vSwitch datapaths
its operation. (\fBovs\-dpctl\fR may still be useful for diagnostics.)
.PP
An Open vSwitch datapath kernel module must be loaded for \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR
-to be useful. Please refer to the \fBINSTALL\fR file included in the
+to be useful. Please refer to the \fBINSTALL.Linux\fR file included in the
Open vSwitch distribution for instructions on how to build and load
the Open vSwitch kernel module.
.PP
.IP
This setting is not permanent: it persists only until the carrier
status of \fIslave\fR changes.
+.IP "\fBbond/hash\fR \fImac\fR"
+Returns the hash value which would be used for \fImac\fR.
.
.so lib/vlog-unixctl.man
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR ovs\-appctl (8),
.BR ovs\-vswitchd.conf (5),
.BR ovs\-brcompatd (8),
-\fBINSTALL\fR in the Open vSwitch distribution.
+\fBINSTALL.Linux\fR in the Open vSwitch distribution.