Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com>
---
utilities/ovs-ctl.in | 7 ++++---
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/utilities/ovs-ctl.in b/utilities/ovs-ctl.in
index 78f67a3..8288e13 100755
--- a/utilities/ovs-ctl.in
+++ b/utilities/ovs-ctl.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
#! /bin/sh
-# Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Nicira, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Nicira, Inc.
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -216,8 +216,9 @@ start_forwarding () {
log_success_msg "ovs-vswitchd is already running"
else
# Increase the limit on the number of open file descriptors.
- # ovs-vswitchd needs 16 per datapath, plus a few extra, so this
- # should allow for 256 (or more) bridges.
+ # On Linux, ovs-vswitchd needs about one file descriptor per
+ # switch port, so this allows a very large number of switch
+ # ports.
ulimit -n 5000
# Start ovs-vswitchd.
--
1.7.2.5
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