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@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ Send to controller. (This is how an OpenFlow 1.0 switch always
handles packets that do not match any flow in the last table.)
.RE
.IP
+In OpenFlow 1.3 and later (which must be enabled with the \fB\-O\fR
+option) and Open vSwitch 2.11 and later only, \fBmod\-table\fR can
+change the name of a table:
+.RS
+.IP \fBname:\fInew-name\fR
+Changes the name of the table to \fInew-name\fR. Use an empty
+\fInew-name\fR to clear the name. (This will be ineffective if the
+name is set via the \fBname\fR column in the \fBFlow_Table\fR table in
+the \fBOpen_vSwitch\fR database as described in
+\fBovs\-vswitchd.conf.db\fR(5).)
+.RE
+.IP
In OpenFlow 1.4 and later (which must be enabled with the \fB\-O\fR
option) only, \fBmod\-table\fR configures the behavior when a
controller attempts to add a flow to a flow table that is full. The