.TH ovs\-brcompatd 8 "March 2009" "Open vSwitch" "Open vSwitch Manual"
.ds PN ovs\-brcompatd
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.SH NAME
ovs\-brcompatd \- Bridge compatibility front-end for ovs\-vswitchd
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.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ovs\-brcompatd
[\fIoptions\fR]
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.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.
.PP
.SH OPTIONS
.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.
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.ds DD
.so lib/daemon.man
.so lib/vlog.man
.so lib/common.man
.so lib/leak-checker.man
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.SH NOTES
\fBovs\-brcompatd\fR requires the \fBbrcompat_mod.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.