netdev - Re: Bug handling devices with weird names

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Date:	Fri, 9 Jul 2010 12:04:21 +0200
From:	Martín Ferrari <martin.ferrari@...il.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Mathieu Lacage <mathieu.lacage@...hia.inria.fr>
Subject: Re: Bug handling devices with weird names

On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 19:27, Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com> wrote:
> Colons are used for the old IP aliasing. IP aliasing was an older way of handling
> multiple addresses per interface, and is not necessary anymore. The syntax is
> retained for legacy compatibility.

I know, but there is some code that is not accepting any valid name.
So i am able to create the device but then I cannot do some stuff. So
that's why I think this is a bug.


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Martín Ferrari
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