X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=vswitchd%2Fovs-brcompatd.8.in;h=fdce0428e4b1d6342515041a0d920057535bc8e9;hb=9b80f761bed9a32c1b0eb22ee3361966057ea973;hp=692ac67c1de301bf807e3834a34d7f81233571be;hpb=780c2a5431f8e741061aabfa92effffd9c5e1ca7;p=sliver-openvswitch.git diff --git a/vswitchd/ovs-brcompatd.8.in b/vswitchd/ovs-brcompatd.8.in index 692ac67c1..fdce0428e 100644 --- a/vswitchd/ovs-brcompatd.8.in +++ b/vswitchd/ovs-brcompatd.8.in @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ovs\-brcompatd \- Bridge compatibility front-end for ovs\-vswitchd . .SH SYNOPSIS .B ovs\-brcompatd -[\fIoptions\fR] \fIdatabase\fR +[\fIoptions\fR] . .SH DESCRIPTION A daemon that provides a legacy bridge front-end for \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR. It @@ -14,48 +14,33 @@ 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 -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" -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. -.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 -\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR. Any instances of \fB%%\fR in \fIcommand\fR are -replaced by a single \fB%\fR. The \fB%\fR character may not otherwise -appear in \fIcommand\fR. -.IP -The commands that are substituted into \fIcommand\fR are those that -can be listed by passing \fBhelp\fR to \fBovs\-appctl\fR with -\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR as target. -.IP -\fIcommand\fR must not redirect \fBovs\-appctl\fR's standard output or -standard error streams, because \fBovs\-brcompatd\fR expects to read -both of these streams separately. +.IP "\fB\-\-appctl=\fIprogram\fR" +Sets the name to the program that \fBovs\-brcompatd\fR runs to +communicate with \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR. The default is +\fBovs\-appctl\fR. Unless \fIprogram\fR contains \fB/\fR, +\fBovs\-brcompatd\fR will search the \fBPATH\fR environment variable +to find it. +. +.IP "\fB\-\-vsctl=\fIprogram\fR" +Sets the name to the program that \fBovs\-brcompatd\fR runs to +communicate with \fBovsdb\-server\fR. The default is +\fBovs\-vsctl\fR. Unless \fIprogram\fR contains \fB/\fR, +\fBovs\-brcompatd\fR will search the \fBPATH\fR environment variable +to find it. . +.ds DD .so lib/daemon.man .so lib/vlog.man .so lib/common.man .so lib/leak-checker.man . -.SH BUGS -. -\fBovs\-brcompatd\fR requires the bridges that it manages to initially -have no ports listed in their database records when it starts up. -Otherwise, it may add duplicate ports to bridges. -. .SH NOTES -\fBovs\-brcompatd\fR requires the \fBbrcompat_mod.ko\fR kernel module to be +\fBovs\-brcompatd\fR requires the \fBbrcompat.ko\fR kernel module to be loaded. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR ovs\-appctl (8), +.BR ovs\-vsctl (8), .BR ovs\-vswitchd (8), .BR ovsdb\-server (1), \fBINSTALL.bridge\fR in the Open vSwitch distribution.