bridge: Store the 'mac_in_use' for interfaces in OVSDB.

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

diff --git a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
index e1d9372..85d4edb 100644 (file)
--- a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
+++ b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
@@ -1131,6 +1131,10 @@
         on a host.
       </column>
 
+      <column name="mac_in_use">
+        The MAC address in use by this interface.
+      </column>
+
       <column name="mac">
         <p>Ethernet address to set for this interface.  If unset then the
         default MAC address is used:</p>
@@ -1956,6 +1960,11 @@
           two different hypervisors.  That is, <code>active</code> means that
           this <ref column="external_ids" key="iface-id"/> is the active
           instance within a single hypervisor, not in a broader scope.
+          There is one exception: some hypervisors support ``migration'' from a
+          given hypervisor to itself (most often for test purposes).  During
+          such a ``migration,'' two instances of a single <ref
+          column="external_ids" key="iface-id"/> might both be briefly marked
+          <code>active</code> on a single hypervisor.
         </p>
       </column>