Requirement to customize Linux Network Interface naming Convention

[Greg KH]

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