[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 4/4] docs: Document xenstore paths for domain network address information
On 06/11/15 17:21, Paul Durrant wrote: > It is useful to be able to see the network addresses in use by a domain > for a particular vif in xenstore, for example so that ssh can be invoked > by a toolstack to log into the guest domain. > > This patch documents paths to allow a domain to advertise MAC (unicast > and multicast) and IP (versions 4 and 6) address information. > > Signed-off-by: Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx> > Cc: Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxx> > Cc: Tim Deegan <tim@xxxxxxx> > --- > docs/misc/xenstore-paths.markdown | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/docs/misc/xenstore-paths.markdown > b/docs/misc/xenstore-paths.markdown > index 9e98d6f..68d3dbf 100644 > --- a/docs/misc/xenstore-paths.markdown > +++ b/docs/misc/xenstore-paths.markdown > @@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ before regexp expansion: > * $UUID -- a UUID in the form xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx > * $NAME -- a string identifying an object within a domain. Typically > comprising only alphanumeric characters. > +* $INDEX -- an integer used as part of a path when listing a set of > + values. Typically these integers are contiguous. > > VALUES are strings and can take the following forms: > > @@ -56,6 +58,13 @@ VALUES are strings and can take the following forms: > * VERSION -- 2 or 3 integers, in decimal form separated by ".", > specifying major version, minor version, and then > (optionally) micro version. > +* MAC_ADDRESS -- 6 integers, in hexadecimal form, separated by ':', > + specifying an ethernet MAC address. > +* IPV4_ADDRESS -- 4 integers, in decimal form, separated by '.', > + specifying an IP version 4 address. > +* IPV6_ADDRESS -- 8 integers, in hexadecimal form, separated by ':', > + specifying an IP version 6 address. (There should > + be strictly 8 integers i.e. '::' compression). Given the "strictly", I presume you mean no "::" compression? But why enforce that restriction? "::" compression is unambiguous and typically makes the addresses rather more human readable. ~Andrew _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
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