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Diffstat (limited to 'utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in')
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diff --git a/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in b/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in index 16d6d930e..fc264c72c 100644 --- a/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in +++ b/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in @@ -70,11 +70,19 @@ Prints to the console statistics for network devices associated with associated with that device will be printed. \fInetdev\fR can be an OpenFlow assigned port number or device name, e.g. \fBeth0\fR. . -.TP -\fBdump\-ports\-desc \fIswitch\fR +.IP "\fBdump\-ports\-desc \fIswitch\fR [\fIport\fR]" Prints to the console detailed information about network devices -associated with \fIswitch\fR (version 1.7 or later). This is a subset -of the information provided by the \fBshow\fR command. +associated with \fIswitch\fR. To dump only a specific port, specify +its number as \fIport\fR. Otherwise, if \fIport\fR is omitted, or if +it is specified as \fBANY\fR, then all ports are printed. This is a +subset of the information provided by the \fBshow\fR command. +.IP +If the connection to \fIswitch\fR negotiates OpenFlow 1.0, 1.2, or +1.2, this command uses an OpenFlow extension only implemented in Open +vSwitch (version 1.7 and later). +.IP +Only OpenFlow 1.5 and later support dumping a specific port. Earlier +versions of OpenFlow always dump all ports. . .IP "\fBmod\-port \fIswitch\fR \fIport\fR \fIaction\fR" Modify characteristics of port \fBport\fR in \fIswitch\fR. \fIport\fR |