Disable OF1.4 in ovs-vswitchd and ovs-ofctl without specially enabling.

[sliver-openvswitch.git] / vswitchd / ovs-vswitchd.8.in

diff --git a/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in b/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in
index e9dc483..817cec2 100644 (file)
--- a/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in
+++ b/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in
@@ -83,6 +83,16 @@ only allow privileged users, such as the superuser, to use it.
 \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR emits a log message if \fBmlockall()\fR is
 unavailable or unsuccessful.
 .
+.IP "\fB\-\-enable\-of14\fR"
+Specifying this option allows OpenFlow 1.4 to be used if it is enabled
+through the \fBprotocols\fR column in the \fBController\fR.  Without
+this option, \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR will not use OpenFlow 1.4 even if it
+is enabled that way.  This option is present because OpenFlow 1.4
+support is not safe: the daemon will abort when certain unimplemented
+features are tested.  Thus, for now it is suitable only for
+experimental use.  When the support is implemented safely, this option
+will be removed.
+.
 .SS "Daemon Options"
 .ds DD \
 \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR detaches only after it has connected to the \