[ovs-dev] [PATCH] ovs-ofctl: Document form of packet parameters to "packet-out".

[Justin Pettit]

Acked-by: Justin Pettit <jpettit at nicira.com>

--Justin


> On Jun 24, 2014, at 2:46 PM, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
> 
> The syntax is inconvenient but at least it's documented.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com>
> ---
> utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in |    3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in b/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
> index 61a0e0d..63f4fee 100644
> --- a/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
> +++ b/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
> @@ -353,7 +353,8 @@ differences were found.
> .
> .IP "\fBpacket\-out \fIswitch in_port actions packet\fR..."
> Connects to \fIswitch\fR and instructs it to execute the OpenFlow
> -\fIactions\fR on each \fIpacket\fR.  For the purpose of executing the
> +\fIactions\fR on each \fIpacket\fR.  Each \fBpacket\fR is specified as a
> +series of hex digits.  For the purpose of executing the
> actions, the packets are considered to have arrived on \fIin_port\fR,
> which may be an OpenFlow port number or name (e.g. \fBeth0\fR), the
> keyword \fBLOCAL\fR (the preferred way to refer to the OpenFlow
> -- 
> 1.7.10.4
> 
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