[ovs-dev] [PATCH 3/4] vswitch.xml: Explain controller state values.

[Andrew Evans]

Please disregard this patch. I'll post another version using CONNECTING
instead.

-Andrew

On 3/8/11 10:22 PM, Andrew Evans wrote:
> ---
>  vswitchd/vswitch.xml |   10 +++++++---
>  1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
> index e0245cd..a21dff8 100644
> --- a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
> +++ b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
> @@ -1921,9 +1921,13 @@
>          <dl>
>            <dt><code>state</code></dt>
>            <dd>The state of the connection to the controller.  Possible values
> -            are: <code>VOID</code>, <code>BACKOFF</code>,
> -            <code>CONNECTING</code>, <code>ACTIVE</code>, and
> -            <code>IDLE</code>.</dd>
> +            are: <code>VOID</code> (connection is disabled),
> +            <code>BACKOFF</code> (attempting to reconnect at an increasing
> +            period), <code>CONNECT_IN_PROGRESS</code> (attempting to connect),
> +            <code>ACTIVE</code> (connected, remote host responsive), and
> +            <code>IDLE</code> (remote host idle, sending keep-alive).  These
> +            values may change in the future.  They are provided only for human
> +            consumption.</dd>
>          </dl>
>          <dl>
>            <dt><code>time_in_state</code></dt>