X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=vswitchd%2Fovs-brcompatd.8.in;h=0cce84d7ae48777785b1827d89d970c1e914ae82;hb=7fae5e7bb62af3b8ac74fe20052064eb01feada0;hp=f5dd62a716a2612e706bb1e3a564fcba50e2d840;hpb=02dd3123a0e312f1d33403e744af52dd6096f12d;p=sliver-openvswitch.git diff --git a/vswitchd/ovs-brcompatd.8.in b/vswitchd/ovs-brcompatd.8.in index f5dd62a71..0cce84d7a 100644 --- a/vswitchd/ovs-brcompatd.8.in +++ b/vswitchd/ovs-brcompatd.8.in @@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ ovs\-brcompatd \- Bridge compatibility front-end for ovs\-vswitchd [\fIoptions\fR] \fIdatabase\fR . .SH DESCRIPTION -A daemon that provides a legacy bridge front-end for \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR. It -does this by listening for bridge ioctl commands (e.g., those generated by -the \fBbrctl\fR program) to add or remove datapaths and the interfaces -that attach to them. +A daemon that provides a legacy bridge front-end for \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR. It +does this by listening for bridge ioctl commands (e.g., those generated by +the \fBbrctl\fR program) to add or remove datapaths and the interfaces +that attach to them. .PP The mandatory \fIdatabase\fR argument specifies the \fBovsdb\-server\fR from which \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR's configuration is @@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ retrieved. It should take the form \fBunix:\fIfile\fR, to connect to the Unix domain server socket named \fIfile\fR. .PP .SH OPTIONS -.IP "\fB--appctl-command=\fIcommand\fR" +.IP "\fB\-\-appctl\-command=\fIcommand\fR" Sets the command that \fBovs\-brcompatd\fR runs to communicate with \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR. The command is run in \fB/bin/sh\fR as a shell command, so \fIcommand\fR may contain arbitrary shell metacharacters, -etc. The \fB--help\fR option displays the default command. +etc. The \fB\-\-help\fR option displays the default command. .IP \fIcommand\fR must contain exactly one instance of \fB%s\fR, which \fBovs\-brcompatd\fR replaces by a command from the set understood by @@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ can be listed by passing \fBhelp\fR to \fBovs\-appctl\fR with standard error streams, because \fBovs\-brcompatd\fR expects to read both of these streams separately. .TP -\fB--prune-timeout=\fIsecs\fR +\fB\-\-prune\-timeout=\fIsecs\fR . Sets the maximum time between pruning port entries to \fIsecs\fR seconds. -Pruning ports is the process of removing port entries from \fIdatabase\fR +Pruning ports is the process of removing port entries from \fIdatabase\fR that no longer exist. If \fIsecs\fR is zero, then entries are never pruned. The default prune timeout is 5 seconds. .