On Wed, Aug 05, 2015 at 09:24:41AM +0530, Akash Bhatnagar wrote: > Hi, > > We have a requirement to tweak the Linux Network Interface Naming > conventions so that, it can support names of interfaces with "/" character. Who is "we"? And why do you want such a thing? > For example, ip tuntap add dev fe/1/1 mode tap > > With iproute2 it simply shows error as INVALID Argument. What are the > changes we supposed to do inside Kernel and iproute2 package? Lots, good luck :) But first, push back, you should never care what the network interface name is, that never matters. greg k-h _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies