[PATCH] xenstore-paths: Allow subnet prefix in IP address

[Tu Dinh <ngoc-tu.dinh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

In the guest-reported IP address in xenstore, it's useful to know which
subnet it belongs to.

Add a specification for the IPv6 host address/prefix format specified by
RFC 4291.

For the IPv4 address/prefix notation, as there seems to be no equivalent
RFC specifying the host address/prefix format, specify it ourselves.

Signed-off-by: Tu Dinh <ngoc-tu.dinh@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 docs/misc/xenstore-paths.pandoc | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/misc/xenstore-paths.pandoc b/docs/misc/xenstore-paths.pandoc
index 4994194..1fab3bf 100644
--- a/docs/misc/xenstore-paths.pandoc
+++ b/docs/misc/xenstore-paths.pandoc
@@ -78,12 +78,12 @@ VALUES are strings and can take the following forms:
 
 * MAC_ADDRESS -- 6 integers, in hexadecimal form, separated by ':',
                  specifying an IEEE 802.3 ethernet MAC address.
-* IPV4_ADDRESS -- 4 integers, in decimal form, separated by '.',
-                  specifying an IP version 4 address as described
-                  IETF RFC 791.
-* IPV6_ADDRESS -- Up to 8 integers, in hexadecimal form, separated
-                  by ':', specifying an IP version 6 address as
-                  described in IETF RFC 4291.
+* IPV4_ADDRESS -- An IP version 4 address as specified by IETF RFC 791,
+                  optionally appended with a "/prefix" value representing the
+                  prefix length of the host address's subnet, with "prefix"
+                  being a decimal integer in the range of 0 to 32.
+* IPV6_ADDRESS -- An IP version 6 address or abbreviated "address/prefix"
+                  combination as specified by IETF RFC 4291 and RFC 5952.
 
 Additional TAGS may follow as a comma separated set of the following
 tags enclosed in square brackets.
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2.54.0



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