X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=vswitchd%2Fovs-vswitchd.8.in;h=86500c98bef5301dfb9b0ec4c6bd99ac758028d6;hb=825da1c6d1c7b9bc5128d7588b8bad6efaae650e;hp=43c5d244890189d28a01b0e7ececb5598b27cd32;hpb=6901e5e22831a78797b90bd1588bb8f3e8fdeac1;p=sliver-openvswitch.git diff --git a/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in b/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in index 43c5d2448..86500c98b 100644 --- a/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in +++ b/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in @@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ configuration. .so lib/ssl-bootstrap.man .so lib/vlog.man .so lib/common.man -.so lib/leak-checker.man . .SH "RUNTIME MANAGEMENT COMMANDS" \fBovs\-appctl\fR(8) can send commands to a running @@ -211,6 +210,26 @@ enabled. .so lib/coverage-unixctl.man .so lib/stress-unixctl.man . +.SH "OPENFLOW IMPLEMENTATION" +. +.PP +This section documents aspects of OpenFlow for which the OpenFlow +specification requires documentation. +. +.SS "Packet buffering." +The OpenFlow specification, version 1.2, says: +. +.IP +Switches that implement buffering are expected to expose, through +documentation, both the amount of available buffering, and the length +of time before buffers may be reused. +. +.PP +Open vSwitch maintains a separate set of 256 packet buffers for each +OpenFlow connection. Any given packet buffer is preserved until it is +referenced by an \fBOFPT_FLOW_MOD\fR or \fBOFPT_PACKET_OUT\fR request +or for 5 seconds, whichever comes first. +. .SH "LIMITS" . .PP @@ -227,7 +246,9 @@ requires 17 file descriptors per datapath.) per bridge due to fixed hash table sizing. . .IP \(bu -2,048 MAC learning entries per bridge. +2,048 MAC learning entries per bridge, by default. (This is +configurable via \fBother\-config:mac\-table\-size\fR in the +\fBBridge\fR table. See \fBovs\-vswitchd.conf.db\fR(5) for details.) . .IP \(bu Kernel flows are limited only by memory available to the kernel.