bridge: Enable system stats only if turned on in the database.

[sliver-openvswitch.git] / vswitchd / vswitch.xml

diff --git a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
index ad1bffa..5c532e5 100644 (file)
--- a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
+++ b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,19 @@
         SSL used globally by the daemon.
       </column>
 
+      <column name="other_config">
+        Key-value pairs for configuring rarely used Open vSwitch features.  The
+        currently defined key-value pairs are:
+        <dl>
+          <dt><code>enable-statistics</code></dt>
+          <dd>
+            Set to <code>true</code> to enable populating the <ref
+            column="statistics"/> column or <code>false</code> (the default)
+            disable populating it.
+          </dd>
+        </dl>
+      </column>
+
       <column name="external_ids">
         Key-value pairs for use by external frameworks that integrate
         with Open vSwitch, rather than by Open vSwitch itself.  System
@@ -75,6 +88,11 @@
           apply to a platform are omitted.
         </p>
 
+        <p>
+          Statistics are disabled unless <ref column="other-config"
+          key="enable-statistics"/> is set to <code>true</code>.
+        </p>
+
         <dl>
           <dt><code>cpu</code></dt>
           <dd>
@@ -363,10 +381,9 @@
       </column>
 
       <column name="datapath_id">
-        Reports the OpenFlow datapath ID in use.  Exactly 16 hex
-        digits.  (Setting this column will have no useful effect.  Set
-        <ref column="other_config"/>:<code>other-config</code>
-        instead.)
+        Reports the OpenFlow datapath ID in use.  Exactly 16 hex digits.
+        (Setting this column has no useful effect.  Set <ref
+        column="other-config" key="datapath-id"/> instead.)
       </column>
     </group>