[ovs-dev] [docs 3/4] vswitch.xml: Document more details of CFM intervals.

Ethan Jackson ethan at nicira.com
Mon Apr 30 22:41:41 UTC 2012


Looks good, thanks.

Ethan

On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 11:41, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com>
> ---
>  vswitchd/vswitch.xml |   18 +++++++++++++++---
>  1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
> index b0f6be8..b9b7b97 100644
> --- a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
> +++ b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
> @@ -1750,9 +1750,21 @@
>
>       <column name="other_config" key="cfm_interval"
>               type='{"type": "integer"}'>
> -        The interval, in milliseconds, between transmissions of CFM heartbeats.
> -        Three missed heartbeat receptions indicate a connectivity fault.
> -        Defaults to 1000.
> +        <p>
> +          The interval, in milliseconds, between transmissions of CFM
> +          heartbeats.  Three missed heartbeat receptions indicate a
> +          connectivity fault.
> +        </p>
> +
> +        <p>
> +          In standard operation only intervals of 3, 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000,
> +          60,000, or 600,000 ms are supported.  Other values will be rounded
> +          down to the nearest value on the list.  Extended mode (see <ref
> +          column="other_config" key="cfm_extended"/>) supports any interval up
> +          to 65,535 ms.  In either mode, the default is 1000 ms.
> +        </p>
> +
> +        <p>We do not recommend using intervals less than 100 ms.</p>
>       </column>
>
>       <column name="other_config" key="cfm_extended"
> --
> 1.7.2.5
>
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