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
-\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