--- openvswitch-1.7.1.orig/utilities/ovs-ctl.in 2012-11-20 13:36:38.782614801 +0800 +++ openvswitch-1.7.1.orig/utilities/ovs-ctl.in 2012-11-20 13:37:20.466628024 +0800 @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ start () { # 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. - ulimit -n 5000 + ulimit -n 6000 # Start ovs-vswitchd. set ovs-vswitchd unix:"$DB_SOCK"