[ovs-dev] [PATCH 3/3] man: Update manpages for IPv6 socket connections.

Arun Sharma arun.sharma at calsoftinc.com
Mon Dec 9 12:21:23 UTC 2013


Signed-off-by: Nandan Nivgune <nandan.nivgune at calsoftinc.com>
Signed-off-by: Abhijit Bhopatkar <abhijit.bhopatkar at calsoftinc.com>
Signed-off-by: Arun Sharma <arun.sharma at calsoftinc.com>
---
 lib/vconn-active.man     |    6 +++---
 lib/vconn-passive.man    |   10 ++++++----
 ovsdb/remote-active.man  |    9 +++++----
 ovsdb/remote-passive.man |   13 ++++++++-----
 4 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/vconn-active.man b/lib/vconn-active.man
index bf7aaf7..83455bf 100644
--- a/lib/vconn-active.man
+++ b/lib/vconn-active.man
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 .IP "\fBssl:\fIip\fR[\fB:\fIport\fR]"
 .IQ "\fBtcp:\fIip\fR[\fB:\fIport\fR]"
 The specified \fIport\fR on the host at the given \fIip\fR, which must
-be expressed as an IP address (not a DNS name).  For \fBssl\fR, the
-\fB\-\-private\-key\fR, \fB\-\-certificate\fR, and \fB\-\-ca\-cert\fR
-options are mandatory.
+be expressed as an IP address (not a DNS name) in IPv4 or IPv6 address format.
+For \fBssl\fR, the \fB\-\-private\-key\fR, \fB\-\-certificate\fR, and
+\fB\-\-ca\-cert\fR options are mandatory.
 .IP
 If \fIport\fR is not specified, it currently defaults to 6633.  In the
 future, the default will change to 6653, which is the IANA-defined
diff --git a/lib/vconn-passive.man b/lib/vconn-passive.man
index a9efdb3..a8a2b48 100644
--- a/lib/vconn-passive.man
+++ b/lib/vconn-passive.man
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 .IP "\fBpssl:\fR[\fIport\fR][\fB:\fIip\fR]"
 .IQ "\fBptcp:\fR[\fIport\fR][\fB:\fIip\fR]"
 Listens for OpenFlow connections on \fIport\fR.  By
-default, connections are not bound to a particular local IP address, but
-\fIip\fR may be specified to listen only for connections to the given
-\fIip\fR.  For \fBpssl\fR, the \fB\-\-private\-key\fR,
-\fB\-\-certificate\fR, and \fB\-\-ca\-cert\fR options are mandatory.
+default, connections are not bound to a particular local IP address,
+and it listens only on IPv4 addresses (but not IPv6),
+but specifying \fIip\fR limits  connections to those from the
+given ip, either IPv4 or IPv6 address format.
+For \fBpssl\fR, the \fB\-\-private\-key\fR,\fB\-\-certificate\fR, and
+\fB\-\-ca\-cert\fR options are mandatory.
 .IP
 If \fIport\fR is not specified, it currently defaults to 6633.  In the
 future, the default will change to 6653, which is the IANA-defined
diff --git a/ovsdb/remote-active.man b/ovsdb/remote-active.man
index a934cf0..5c1f424 100644
--- a/ovsdb/remote-active.man
+++ b/ovsdb/remote-active.man
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 .IP "\fBssl:\fIip\fB:\fIport\fR"
 The specified SSL \fIport\fR on the host at the given \fIip\fR, which
-must be expressed as an IP address (not a DNS name).  The
-\fB\-\-private\-key\fR, \fB\-\-certificate\fR, and \fB\-\-ca\-cert\fR
-options are mandatory when this form is used.
+must be expressed as an IP address (not a DNS name) in IPV4 or IPV6 address
+format.  The \fB\-\-private\-key\fR, \fB\-\-certificate\fR,
+and \fB\-\-ca\-cert\fR options are mandatory when this form is used.
 .
 .IP "\fBtcp:\fIip\fB:\fIport\fR"
-Connect to the given TCP \fIport\fR on \fIip\fR.
+Connect to the given TCP \fIport\fR on \fIip\fR, \fIip\fR can be IPV4 or IPV6
+address.
 .
 .IP "\fBunix:\fIfile\fR"
 Connect to the Unix domain server socket named \fIfile\fR.
diff --git a/ovsdb/remote-passive.man b/ovsdb/remote-passive.man
index 4cbc007..7ebc283 100644
--- a/ovsdb/remote-passive.man
+++ b/ovsdb/remote-passive.man
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 .IP "\fBpssl:\fIport\fR[\fB:\fIip\fR]"
 Listen on the given SSL \fIport\fR for a connection.  By default,
-connections are not bound to a particular local IP address, but
+connections are not bound to a particular local IP address and
+it listens only on IPv4 addresses (but not IPv6), but
 specifying \fIip\fR limits connections to those from the given
-\fIip\fR.  The \fB\-\-private\-key\fR, \fB\-\-certificate\fR, and
-\fB\-\-ca\-cert\fR options are mandatory when this form is used.
+\fIip\fR, either in IPV4 or IPV6 address format.  The \fB\-\-private\-key\fR,
+\fB\-\-certificate\fR, and \fB\-\-ca\-cert\fR options are mandatory
+when this form is used.
 .
 .IP "\fBptcp:\fIport\fR[\fB:\fIip\fR]"
 Listen on the given TCP \fIport\fR for a connection.  By default,
-connections are not bound to a particular local IP address, but
+connections are not bound to a particular local IP address and
+it listens only on IPv4 addresses (but not IPv6), but
 \fIip\fR may be specified to listen only for connections to the given
-\fIip\fR.
+\fIip\fR, either IPV4 or IPV6 address format..
 .
 .IP "\fBpunix:\fIfile\fR"
 Listen on the Unix domain server socket named \fIfile\fR for a
-- 
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