ovs-ofctl: New --readd option for "replace-flows".

[sliver-openvswitch.git] / utilities / ovs-ofctl.8.in

diff --git a/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in b/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
index bb52be2..c59bca9 100644 (file)
--- a/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
+++ b/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ Deletes entries from \fIswitch\fR's flow table.  With only a
 entries that match the specified flows.  With \fB\-\-strict\fR,
 wildcards are not treated as active for matching purposes.
 .
-.IP "\fBreplace\-flows \fIswitch file\fR"
+.IP "[\fB\-\-readd\fR] \fBreplace\-flows \fIswitch file\fR"
 Reads flow entries from \fIfile\fR (or \fBstdin\fR if \fIfile\fR is
 \fB\-\fR) and queries the flow table from \fIswitch\fR.  Then it fixes
 up any differences, adding flows from \fIflow\fR that are missing on
@@ -151,6 +151,12 @@ up any differences, adding flows from \fIflow\fR that are missing on
 \fIfile\fR, and updating flows in \fIswitch\fR whose actions, cookie,
 or timeouts differ in \fIfile\fR.
 .
+.IP
+With \fB\-\-readd\fR, \fBovs\-ofctl\fR adds all the flows from
+\fIfile\fR, even those that exist with the same actions, cookie, and
+timeout in \fIswitch\fR.  This resets all the flow packet and byte
+counters to 0, which can be useful for debugging.
+.
 .IP "\fBdiff\-flows \fIsource1 source2\fR"
 Reads flow entries from \fIsource1\fR and \fIsource2\fR and prints the
 differences.  A flow that is in \fIsource1\fR but not in \fIsource2\fR