3 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/conf/cf-lex.l b/conf/cf-lex.l
index 05288b1a..704a1750 100644
--- a/conf/cf-lex.l
+++ b/conf/cf-lex.l
@@ -255,6 +255,37 @@ WHITE [ \t]
   return IP4;
 }
 
+{XIGIT}{2}(:{XIGIT}{2}|{XIGIT}{2}){15,} {
+  char *s = yytext;
+  size_t len = 0, i;
+  struct bytestring *bytes;
+  byte *b;
+
+  while (*s) {
+    len++;
+    s += 2;
+    if (*s == ':')
+      s++;
+  }
+  bytes = cfg_allocz(sizeof(*bytes) + len);
+
+  bytes->length = len;
+  b = &bytes->data[0];
+  s = yytext;
+  errno = 0;
+  for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+    *b = bstrtobyte16(s);
+    if (errno == ERANGE)
+      cf_error("Invalid hex string");
+    b++;
+    s += 2;
+    if (*s == ':')
+      s++;
+  }
+  cf_lval.bs = bytes;
+  return BYTESTRING;
+}
+
 ({XIGIT}*::|({XIGIT}*:){3,})({XIGIT}*|{DIGIT}+\.{DIGIT}+\.{DIGIT}+\.{DIGIT}+) {
   if (!ip6_pton(yytext, &cf_lval.ip6))
     cf_error("Invalid IPv6 address %s", yytext);
diff --git a/conf/conf.h b/conf/conf.h
index 860d267a..3bc37959 100644
--- a/conf/conf.h
+++ b/conf/conf.h
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ struct sym_scope {
   int active;				/* Currently entered */
 };
 
+struct bytestring {
+  size_t length;
+  byte data[];
+};
+
 #define SYM_MAX_LEN 64
 
 /* Remember to update cf_symbol_class_name() */
diff --git a/conf/confbase.Y b/conf/confbase.Y
index d98f0fee..6985783b 100644
--- a/conf/confbase.Y
+++ b/conf/confbase.Y
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ CF_DECLS
   struct channel_limit cl;
   struct timeformat *tf;
   mpls_label_stack *mls;
+  struct bytestring *bs;
 }
 
 %token END CLI_MARKER INVALID_TOKEN ELSECOL DDOT
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ CF_DECLS
 %token <i64> VPN_RD
 %token <s> CF_SYM_KNOWN CF_SYM_UNDEFINED
 %token <t> TEXT
+%token <bs> BYTESTRING
 %type <iface> ipa_scope
 
 %type <i> expr bool pxlen4