\fIdatabase\fR
.
.SH DESCRIPTION
-A daemon that manages and controls any number of Open vSwitch switches
+A daemon that manages and controls any number of Open vSwitch switches
on the local machine.
.PP
The mandatory \fIdatabase\fR argument normally takes the form
Upon receipt of a SIGHUP signal, \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR reopens its log
file, if one was specified on the command line.
.PP
-\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR switches may be configured with any of the following
+\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR switches may be configured with any of the following
features:
.
.IP \(bu
\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
-exist. This option should only be used if such legacy software is
-actually in use. It requires the \fBbrcompat_mod.ko\fR kernel module
-to be loaded.
-.IP
-On non-Linux hosts, this option is accepted but has no effect.
-.
+.ds DD \
+\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR detaches only after it has connected to the \
+database, retrieved the initial configuration, and set up that \
+configuration.
.so lib/daemon.man
.SS "Public Key Infrastructure Options"
.so lib/ssl.man
.SS "BOND COMMANDS"
These commands manage bonded ports on an Open vSwitch's bridges. To
understand some of these commands, it is important to understand a
-detail of the bonding implementation called ``MAC hashing.'' Instead
-of directly assigning Ethernet source addresses to slaves, the bonding
-implementation computes a function that maps an 48-bit Ethernet source
-addresses into an 8-bit value (a ``MAC hash'' value). All of the
-Ethernet addresses that map to a single 8-bit value are then assigned
-to a single slave.
+detail of the bonding implementation called ``source load balancing''
+(SLB). Instead of directly assigning Ethernet source addresses to
+slaves, the bonding implementation computes a function that maps an
+48-bit Ethernet source addresses into an 8-bit value (a ``MAC hash''
+value). All of the Ethernet addresses that map to a single 8-bit
+value are then assigned to a single slave.
.IP "\fBbond/list\fR"
Lists all of the bonds, and their slaves, on each bridge.
.
progress, whether it is the active slave, the MAC hashes assigned to
the slave, and the MAC learning table entries that hash to each MAC.
.IP "\fBbond/migrate\fR \fIport\fR \fIhash\fR \fIslave\fR"
-Assigns a given MAC hash to a new slave. \fIport\fR specifies the
-bond port, \fIhash\fR either the MAC hash to be migrated (as a decimal
-number between 0 and 255) or an Ethernet address to be hashed, and
-\fIslave\fR the new slave to be assigned.
+Only valid for SLB bonds. Assigns a given MAC hash to a new slave.
+\fIport\fR specifies the bond port, \fIhash\fR the MAC hash to be
+migrated (as a decimal number between 0 and 255), and \fIslave\fR the
+new slave to be assigned.
.IP
The reassignment is not permanent: rebalancing or fail-over will
cause the MAC hash to be shifted to a new slave in the usual
.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.
+.IP "\fBbond/hash\fR \fImac\fR [\fIvlan\fR]"
+Returns the hash value which would be used for \fImac\fR with \fIvlan\fR
+if specified.
.
+.so ofproto/ofproto-unixctl.man
.so lib/vlog-unixctl.man
+.so lib/stress-unixctl.man
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR ovs\-appctl (8),
.BR ovs\-brcompatd (8),
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