Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750718AbWHOVGN (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:06:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750714AbWHOVGN (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:06:13 -0400 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:39835 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750712AbWHOVGM (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:06:12 -0400 Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 14:02:49 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Bill Nottingham Cc: Mitch Williams , netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: bonding: cannot remove certain named devices Message-ID: <20060815140249.15472a82@dxpl.pdx.osdl.net> In-Reply-To: <20060815204555.GB4434@nostromo.devel.redhat.com> References: <20060815194856.GA3869@nostromo.devel.redhat.com> <20060815204555.GB4434@nostromo.devel.redhat.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.4.0 (GTK+ 2.8.20; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) X-Face: &@E+xe?c%:&e4D{>f1O<&U>2qwRREG5!}7R4;D<"NO^UI2mJ[eEOA2*3>(`Th.yP,VDPo9$ /`~cw![cmj~~jWe?AHY7D1S+\}5brN0k*NE?pPh_'_d>6;XGG[\KDRViCfumZT3@[ Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 796 Lines: 20 On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:45:55 -0400 Bill Nottingham wrote: > Mitch Williams (mitch.a.williams@intel.com) 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 linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/