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+.TH ovs\-brcompatd 8 "March 2009" "Open vSwitch" "Open vSwitch Manual"
+.ds PN ovs\-brcompatd
+.
+.SH NAME
+ovs\-brcompatd \- Bridge compatibility front-end for ovs\-vswitchd
+.
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B ovs\-brcompatd
+[\fIoptions\fR] \fIconfig\fR
+.
+.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.  It modifies \fIconfig\fR and forces
+\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR to reload its configuration file.
+.PP
+.SH OPTIONS
+.IP "\fB--reload-command=\fIcommand\fR"
+Sets the command that \fBovs\-brcompatd\fR runs to force \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR to
+reload its configuration file to \fIcommand\fR.  The command is run in
+a subshell, so it may contain arbitrary shell metacharacters, etc.
+The \fB--help\fR option displays the default reload command.
+.TP
+\fB--prune-timeout=\fIsecs\fR
+.
+Sets the maximum time between pruning port entries to \fIsecs\fR seconds.
+Pruning ports is the process of removing port entries from \fIconfig\fR 
+that no longer exist.  If \fIsecs\fR is zero, then entries are never
+pruned.  The default prune timeout is 5 seconds.
+.TP
+\fB--lock-timeout=\fImsecs\fR
+.
+Sets the maximum time to wait for \fIconfig\fR to become unlocked to 
+\fImsecs\fR milliseconds.  The default lock timeout is 500 milliseconds.
+.
+.so lib/daemon.man
+.so lib/vlog.man
+.so lib/common.man
+.so lib/leak-checker.man
+.
+.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\-vswitchd (8),
+.BR ovs\-vswitchd.conf (5),
+\fBINSTALL\fR in the Open vSwitch distribution.