EXT-186.
Reported-by: Rob Sherwood <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <[email protected]>
---
 AUTHORS              |    1 +
 vswitchd/vswitch.xml |    6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 89472b3..2ff4e2d 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ Peter Balland           [email protected]
 Peter Phaal             [email protected]
 Ram Jothikumar          [email protected]
 Ramana Reddy            [email protected]
+Rob Sherwood            [email protected]
 Roger Leigh             [email protected]
 Rogério Vinhal Nunes
 Sean Brady              [email protected]
diff --git a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
index b9b7b97..308af51 100644
--- a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
+++ b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
@@ -410,6 +410,12 @@
         </dl>
         </p>
         <p>If this value is unset, the default is implementation-specific.</p>
+        <p>
+          The <code>standalone</code> mode can create forwarding loops on a
+          bridge that has more than one uplink port unless STP is enabled.  To
+          avoid loops on such a bridge, configure <code>secure</code> mode or
+          enable STP (see <ref column="stp_enable"/>).
+        </p>
         <p>When more than one controller is configured,
         <ref column="fail_mode"/> is considered only when none of the
         configured controllers can be contacted.</p>
-- 
1.7.2.5

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