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gnrc/ipv6_auto_subnets: improve wording in documentation

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Benjamin Valentin 2022-07-15 01:50:15 +02:00
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sys/net/gnrc/routing/ipv6_auto_subnets/gnrc_ipv6_auto_subnets.c
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* This module provides an automatic configuration for networks with a (simple)
* tree topology.
*
* If a sufficiently large IPv6 prefix (> /64) is provided via Router Advertisements,
* a routing node with this module will automatically configure subnets from it
* by dividing it into sub-prefixes for each downstream interface.
* If a sufficiently large IPv6 subnet (prefix length < /64) is provided via Router
* Advertisements, a routing node with this module will automatically configure
* subnets from it by dividing it into sub-prefixes for each downstream interface.
*
* When using the `gnrc_ipv6_auto_subnets_simple` module, there can only be a single
* routing node on each level of the network but an arbitrary number of leaf nodes.
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*
* The new subnet must no longer be considered on-link by the hosts in the
* parent network.
* Therefore the downstream router will send a router advertisement with only
* a Route Information Option included to the upstream network.
* Therefore the downstream router will send a router advertisement, which only
* contains a Route Information Option, to the upstream network.
* The Route Information Option contains the prefix of the downstream network
* so that upstream routers will no longer consider hosts in this subnet on-link
* so that upstream routers will no longer consider hosts in this subnet on-link,
* but instead will use the downstream router to route to the new subnet.
*
* Usage