[ovs-dev] [PATCH v2 2/3] dpif-netdev-unixctl.man: Document miniflow-parser-* CMDs

Cian Ferriter cian.ferriter at intel.com
Fri Aug 13 15:41:07 UTC 2021


Document the "ovs-appctl dpif-netdev/miniflow-parser-get" and
"ovs-appctl dpif-netdev/miniflow-parser-set" commands in the vswitchd
manpage.

Fixes: 3d8f47bc041a ("dpif-netdev: Add command line and function pointer for miniflow extract")
Signed-off-by: Cian Ferriter <cian.ferriter at intel.com>

---

v2:
- Add one line summary in commit message.
- Reword miniflow-parser-set text to make default behavior more clear.
---
 lib/dpif-netdev-unixctl.man | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/dpif-netdev-unixctl.man b/lib/dpif-netdev-unixctl.man
index e8d904437..607750bad 100644
--- a/lib/dpif-netdev-unixctl.man
+++ b/lib/dpif-netdev-unixctl.man
@@ -249,3 +249,14 @@ Lists the DPIF implementations that are available.
 .
 .IP "\fBdpif-netdev/dpif-impl-set\fR \fIdpif_impl\fR"
 Sets the DPIF to be used to \fIdpif_impl\fR. By default "dpif_scalar" is used.
+.
+.IP "\fBdpif-netdev/miniflow-parser-get\fR
+Lists the miniflow extract implementations that are available.
+.
+.IP "\fBdpif-netdev/miniflow-parser-set\fR [\fB-pmd\fR \fIcore\fR] \
+\fIminiflow_impl\fR [\fIstudy_cnt\fR]"
+Sets the miniflow extract to \fIminiflow_impl\fR for a specified PMD or all
+PMDs in the case where no value is specified.  By default "scalar" is used.
+\fIstudy_cnt\fR defaults to 128 and indicates the number of packets that the
+"study" miniflow implementation must parse before choosing an optimal
+implementation.
-- 
2.32.0



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