ofproto: Add support for master/slave controller coordination.

[sliver-openvswitch.git] / vswitchd / ovs-vswitchd.8.in

diff --git a/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in b/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in
index 958265b..b7c9940 100644 (file)
--- a/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in
+++ b/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ The mandatory \fIdatabase\fR argument specifies the
 \fBovsdb\-server\fR from which \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR's configuration
 should be retrieved.  It takes one of the following forms:
 .so ovsdb/remote-active.man
+.so ovsdb/remote-passive.man
 .PP
 \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR retrieves its configuration from \fIdatabase\fR at
 startup.  It sets up Open vSwitch datapaths and then operates
@@ -52,6 +53,9 @@ Port mirroring, with optional VLAN tagging.
 NetFlow v5 flow logging.
 .
 .IP \(bu
+sFlow(R) monitoring.
+.
+.IP \(bu
 Connectivity to an external OpenFlow controller, such as NOX.
 .
 .PP
@@ -71,6 +75,17 @@ Open vSwitch distribution for instructions on how to build and load
 the Open vSwitch kernel module.
 .PP
 .SH OPTIONS
+.IP "\fB--mlockall\fR"
+Causes \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR to call the \fBmlockall()\fR function, to
+attempt to lock all of its process memory into physical RAM,
+preventing the kernel from paging any of its memory to disk.  This
+helps to avoid networking interruptions due to system memory pressure.
+.IP
+Some systems do not support \fBmlockall()\fR at all, and other systems
+only allow privileged users, such as the superuser, to use it.
+\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR emits a log message if \fBmlockall()\fR is
+unavailable or unsuccessful.
+.
 .IP "\fB--fake-proc-net\fR"
 Causes \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR to simulate some files in \fB/proc/net/vlan\fR
 and \fB/proc/net/bonding\fR that some legacy software expects to
@@ -79,6 +94,7 @@ actually in use.  It requires the \fBbrcompat_mod.ko\fR kernel module
 to be loaded.
 .
 .so lib/daemon.man
+.SS "Public Key Infrastructure Options"
 .so lib/ssl.man
 .so lib/ssl-bootstrap.man
 .so lib/vlog.man