[ovs-dev] [PATCH] ovs-ofctl: Better document the meaning of "priority" in flow descriptions.

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Thu Oct 21 16:49:17 UTC 2010


Reported-by: Reid Price <reid at nicira.com>
Bug #3905.
---
 utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in |    7 +++++--
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in b/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
index dbcf3a5..42c8ab5 100644
--- a/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
+++ b/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
@@ -496,8 +496,11 @@ A cookie is an opaque identifier that can be associated with the flow.
 flows.
 .
 .PP
-The \fBadd\-flow\fR, \fBadd\-flows\fR, and \fBdel\-flows\fR commands
-support an additional optional field:
+The following additional field sets the priority for flows added by
+the \fBadd\-flow\fR and \fBadd\-flows\fR commands.  For
+\fBmod\-flows\fR and \fBdel\-flows\fR when \fB\-\-strict\fR is
+specified, priority must match along with the rest of the flow
+specification.  Other commands ignore the priority value.
 .
 .IP \fBpriority=\fIvalue\fR
 The priority at which a wildcarded entry will match in comparison to
-- 
1.7.1





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