This looks good, thanks Ben,
On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 3:49 PM, Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> wrote:
> I think that the documentation can be improved. What do you think of
> this incremental?
>
> diff --git a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
> index 8c7d082..5bbe943 100644
> --- a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
> +++ b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
> @@ -160,16 +160,18 @@
> </column>
>
> <column name="other_config" key="n-handler-threads"
> - type='{"type": "integer", "minInteger": 0}'>
> + type='{"type": "integer", "minInteger": 1}'>
> <p>
> - Specifies the number of upcall handler threads that will be
> created
> - by the ofproto-dpif-upcall module. The default value is
> (number of
> - online core - 1).
> + Specifies the number of threads for software datapaths to use
> for
> + handling new flows. The default is one less than the number of
> + online CPU cores (but at least 1).
> </p>
> <p>
> - Note, the n-handler-threads configuration is per datapath and
> - not global to the switch. It is best to use only one type of
> - datapath.
> + This configuration is per datapath. If you have more than one
> + software datapath (e.g. some <code>system</code> bridges and
> some
> + <code>netdev</code> bridges), then the total number of threads
> is
> + <code>n-handler-threads</code> times the number of software
> + datapaths.
> </p>
> </column>
> </group>
>
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