Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750735AbWHRGgd (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Aug 2006 02:36:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750724AbWHRGgd (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Aug 2006 02:36:33 -0400 Received: from dsl027-180-168.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([216.27.180.168]:39127 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750706AbWHRGgd (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Aug 2006 02:36:33 -0400 Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 23:36:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20060817.233644.97293084.davem@davemloft.net> To: shemminger@osdl.org Cc: xavier.bestel@free.fr, 7eggert@gmx.de, cate@debian.org, 7eggert@elstempel.de, mitch.a.williams@intel.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: restrict device names from having whitespace From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20060817231127.6438324e@localhost.localdomain> References: <20060818022057.GA27076@nostromo.devel.redhat.com> <44E68C4E.8070607@osdl.org> <20060817231127.6438324e@localhost.localdomain> X-Mailer: Mew version 4.2 on Emacs 21.4 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) 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: 564 Lines: 14 From: Stephen Hemminger Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 23:11:27 -0700 > Don't allow spaces in network device names because it makes > it difficult to provide text interfaces via sysfs. > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger I have a patch which does this in my tree already Stephen. - 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/