network/openvswitch-utils: Added (a multilayer software switch).

Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>

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+Open vSwitch is a multilayer software switch licensed under the open
+source Apache 2 license. The goal is to implement a production quality
+switch platform that supports standard management interfaces and opens the
+forwarding functions to programmatic extension and control.
+
+Open vSwitch is well suited to function as a virtual switch in VM
+environments. In addition to exposing standard control and visibility
+interfaces to the virtual networking layer, it was designed to support
+distribution across multiple physical servers. Open vSwitch supports
+multiple Linux-based virtualization technologies including Xen/XenServer,
+KVM, and VirtualBox.
+
+Note: This package builds only the Open vSwitch userspace utilities, and
+it is incompatible with 'openvswitch' package found on SlackBuilds.org
+website. The stock Slackware kernel has been shipping Open vSwitch support
+for a while now, and these utilities take this advantage into account
+while providing a different approach to Open vSwitch management.
+
+See README.SLACKWARE (which is also installed with the package docs) for
+setup, configuration, and usage hints.