ovs-ofctl: Document form of packet parameters to "packet-out".

The syntax is inconvenient but at least it's documented now.

Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>
Acked-by: Justin Pettit <jpettit@nicira.com>

diff --git a/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in b/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
index 61a0e0d..63f4fee 100644 (file)
--- 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
 .
 .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
 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