netdev-linux: Add new QoS type linux-noop.

[mirror_ovs.git] / vswitchd / vswitch.xml

diff --git a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
index 6e0ee80c14fb79eaf98cd626f0004c869b353c44..7ae0b51311b9f1d7fac978da14b4c9f85a1d1dcc 100644 (file)
--- a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
+++ b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
@@ -3350,16 +3350,14 @@
           (<code>http://luxik.cdi.cz/~devik/qos/htb/manual/userg.htm</code>)
           for information on how this classifier works and how to configure it.
         </dd>
-      </dl>
-      <dl>
+
         <dt><code>linux-hfsc</code></dt>
         <dd>
           Linux "Hierarchical Fair Service Curve" classifier.
           See <code>http://linux-ip.net/articles/hfsc.en/</code> for
           information on how this classifier works.
         </dd>
-      </dl>
-      <dl>
+
         <dt><code>linux-sfq</code></dt>
         <dd>
           Linux ``Stochastic Fairness Queueing'' classifier. See
@@ -3367,8 +3365,7 @@
           <code>http://linux.die.net/man/8/tc-sfq</code>) for information on
           how this classifier works.
         </dd>
-      </dl>
-      <dl>
+
         <dt><code>linux-codel</code></dt>
         <dd>
           Linux ``Controlled Delay'' classifier. See <code>tc-codel</code>(8)
@@ -3376,8 +3373,7 @@
           <code>http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/tc-codel.8.html</code>)
           for information on how this classifier works.
         </dd>
-      </dl>
-      <dl>
+
         <dt><code>linux-fq_codel</code></dt>
         <dd>
           Linux ``Fair Queuing with Controlled Delay'' classifier. See
@@ -3385,11 +3381,19 @@
           <code>http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/tc-fq_codel.8.html</code>)
           for information on how this classifier works.
         </dd>
-      </dl>
-      <dl>
+
+        <dt><code>linux-noop</code></dt>
+        <dd>
+          Linux ``No operation.''  By default, Open vSwitch manages quality of
+          service on all of its configured ports.  This can be helpful, but
+          sometimes administrators prefer to use other software to manage QoS.
+          This <ref column="type"/> prevents Open vSwitch from changing the QoS
+          configuration for a port.
+        </dd>
+
         <dt><code>egress-policer</code></dt>
         <dd>
-          An egress policer algorithm. This implementation uses the DPDK
+          A DPDK egress policer algorithm using the DPDK
           rte_meter library. The rte_meter library provides an implementation
           which allows the metering and policing of traffic. The implementation
           in OVS essentially creates a single token bucket used to police