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+++ b/README
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ What is Open vSwitch?
 Open vSwitch is a multilayer software switch licensed under the open
 source Apache 2 license.  Our goal is to implement a production
 quality switch platform that supports standard management interfaces
-(e.g. NetFlow, RSPAN, ERSPAN, IOS-like CLI), and opens the forwarding
-functions to programmatic extension and control.
+(e.g. NetFlow, sFlow(R), RSPAN, ERSPAN, IOS-like CLI), and opens the
+forwarding functions to programmatic extension and control.
 
 Open vSwitch is well suited to function as a virtual switch in VM
 environments.  In addition to exposing standard control and visibility
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ The bulk of the code is written in platform-independent C and is
 easily ported to other environments.  The current release of Open
 vSwitch supports the following features:
 
-    * Visibility into inter-VM communication via NetFlow, SPAN, and RSPAN
+    * Visibility into inter-VM communication via NetFlow, sFlow, SPAN,
+      and RSPAN
     * Standard 802.1Q VLAN model with trunking
     * Per VM policing
     * NIC bonding with source-MAC load balancing
@@ -28,9 +29,15 @@ vSwitch supports the following features:
     * Support for OpenFlow
     * Compatibility layer for the Linux bridging code
 
-Open vSwitch supports Linux 2.6.15 and up, with testing focused on
-2.6.18 with Centos and Xen patches and version 2.6.26 from kernel.org.
-Open vSwitch also has special support for Citrix XenServer hosts.
+The included Linux kernel module supports Linux 2.6.15 and up, with
+testing focused on 2.6.18 with Centos and Xen patches and version
+2.6.26 from kernel.org.  Open vSwitch also has special support for
+Citrix XenServer hosts.
+
+Open vSwitch can also operate, at a cost in performance, entirely in
+userspace, without assistance from a kernel module.  This userspace
+implementation should be easier to port than the kernel-based switch.
+It is considered experimental.
 
 What's here?
 ------------
@@ -40,6 +47,9 @@ The main components of this distribution are:
     * ovs-vswitchd, a daemon that implements the switch, along with 
       a companion Linux kernel module for flow-based switching.
 
+    * ovsdb-server, a lightweight database server that ovs-vswitchd
+      queries to obtain its configuration.
+
     * ovs-brcompatd, a daemon that allows ovs-vswitchd to act as a
       drop-in replacement for the Linux bridge in many environments, 
       along with a companion Linux kernel module to intercept bridge 
@@ -51,8 +61,11 @@ The main components of this distribution are:
       to be installed on a Citrix XenServer host as a drop-in
       replacement for its switch, with additional functionality.
 
-    * ovs-appctl, a utility that can control Open vSwitch daemons,
-      adjusting their logging levels among other uses.
+    * ovs-vsctl, a utility for querying and updating the configuration
+      of ovs-vswitchd.
+
+    * ovs-appctl, a utility that sends commands to running Open
+      vSwitch daemons.
 
 Open vSwitch also provides an OpenFlow implementation and tools for
 those interested in OpenFlow but not additional Open vSwitch features:
@@ -82,6 +95,9 @@ read INSTALL.bridge.
 To build RPMs for installing Open vSwitch on a Citrix XenServer host
 or resource pool, read INSTALL.XenServer.
 
+To install Open vSwitch without using a kernel module, read
+INSTALL.userspace.
+
 To learn set up SSL support for Open vSwitch, read INSTALL.SSL.
 
 Each Open vSwitch userspace program is accompanied by a manpage.  Many