On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 5:23 AM Ben Pfaff <[email protected]> wrote: > Reported-by: William Konitzer <[email protected]> > Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <[email protected]> >
Acked-by: Numan Siddique <[email protected]> > --- > vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in | 12 +++++++----- > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in b/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in > index 901f75e6f300..fcf22244a60f 100644 > --- a/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in > +++ b/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in > @@ -319,13 +319,12 @@ limits assume the use of the Linux kernel datapath. > \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR started through \fBovs\-ctl\fR(8) provides a limit of > 65535 > file descriptors. The limits on the number of bridges and ports is > decided by > the availability of file descriptors. With the Linux kernel datapath, > creation > -of a single bridge consumes three file descriptors and adding a port > consumes > -"n-handler-threads" file descriptors per bridge port. Performance will > degrade > -beyond 1,024 ports per bridge due to fixed hash table sizing. Other > platforms > +of a single bridge consumes three file descriptors and each port > +consumes one additional file descriptor. Other platforms > may have different limitations. > . > .IP \(bu > -2,048 MAC learning entries per bridge, by default. (This is > +8,192 MAC learning entries per bridge, by default. (This is > configurable via \fBother\-config:mac\-table\-size\fR in the > \fBBridge\fR table. See \fBovs\-vswitchd.conf.db\fR(5) for details.) > . > @@ -351,7 +350,10 @@ time linear in the number of flows. > 32 mirrors per bridge. > . > .IP \(bu > -15 bytes for the name of a port. (This is a Linux kernel limitation.) > +15 bytes for the name of a port, for ports implemented in the Linux > +kernel. Ports implemented in userspace, such as patch ports, do not > +have an arbitrary length limitation. OpenFlow also limit port names > +to 15 bytes. > . > .SH "SEE ALSO" > .BR ovs\-appctl (8), > -- > 2.20.1 > > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev > _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
