On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:45:55 -0400 Bill Nottingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mitch Williams ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: > > Are spaces allowed in interface names anyway? I can't believe that > > bonding is the only area affected by this. > > They're certainly allowed, and the sysfs directory structure, files, > etc. handle it ok. Userspace tends to break in a variety of ways. > > I believe the only invalid character in an interface name is '/'. > The names "." and ".." are also verboten. Names with : in them are for IP aliases. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
