[ovs-dev] [PATCH] ovsdb-server: Document RFC 7047 extensions to ovsdb <error>s.

[Ben Pfaff]

Thanks, applied to master.

On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 04:14:51PM -0700, Justin Pettit wrote:
> Acked-by: Justin Pettit <jpettit at nicira.com>
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 5:09 PM, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
> 
> > Reported-by: Madhu Venugopal <vmadhu at redhat.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com>
> > ---
> >  ovsdb/ovsdb-server.1.in |   16 ++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/ovsdb/ovsdb-server.1.in b/ovsdb/ovsdb-server.1.in
> > index 15382b4..ec408a6 100644
> > --- a/ovsdb/ovsdb-server.1.in
> > +++ b/ovsdb/ovsdb-server.1.in
> > @@ -194,6 +194,22 @@ RFC 4627 says that names within a JSON object should
> > be unique.
> >  The Open vSwitch JSON parser discards all but the last value
> >  for a name that is specified more than once.
> >  .
> > +.IP
> > +The definition of <error> allows for implementation extensions.
> > +Currently \fBovsdb\-server\fR uses the following additional "error"
> > +strings which might change in later releases):
> > +.
> > +.RS
> > +.IP "\fBsyntax error\fR or \fBunknown column\fR"
> > +The request could not be parsed as an OVSDB request.  An additional
> > +"syntax" member, whose value is a string that contains JSON, may
> > +narrow down the particular syntax that could not be parsed.
> > +.IP "\fBinternal error\fR"
> > +The request triggered a bug in \fBovsdb\-server\fR.
> > +.IP "\fBovsdb error\fR"
> > +A map or set contains a duplicate key.
> > +.RE
> > +.
> >  .IP "3.2. Schema Format"
> >  RFC 7047 requires the "version" field in <database-schema>.  Current
> >  versions of \fBovsdb\-server\fR allow it to be omitted (future
> > --
> > 1.7.10.4
> >
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