netdev - Re: netfilter/iptables and network interface names

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Date:	Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:44:23 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>
To:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
cc:	Thomas Woerner <twoerner@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Netfilter Developer Mailing List 
	<netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: netfilter/iptables and network interface names


On Friday 2010-02-05 11:27, Patrick McHardy wrote:
>Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>> On Thursday 2010-02-04 17:49, Patrick McHardy wrote:
>>> Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>>>>> The kernel also forbids ".".
>> 19:44 borg:/home/jengelh # ip tunnel add .3 mode sit local 1.2.3.6 remote
>> 5.6.7.7
>> 19:44 borg:/home/jengelh # ip a
>> 17: .3: <POINTOPOINT,NOARP> mtu 1480 qdisc noop state DOWN 
>>     link/sit 1.2.3.6 peer 5.6.7.7
>
>OK you're right, but this seems to be an oversight. The names
>are checked during rename, but not on device registration.
>

So, what about the patch(es)? :-)
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