Linux Ethernet Bridging - Apr 2007 - [Bridge] Max length of bridge device name?

On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 13:12:34 -0500
Josh Wyatt <Josh.Wyatt@hcssystems.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Does anyone know the maximum length of the interface name created by
'brctl addbr'?
	IFNAMSIZ-1 = 15 chars

 How about any other restrictions on 
> usable alphanumerics, for example is "-" (dash) or "_"
(underscore) allowed, commas, periods, etc allowed?
Well all should work (except "." and "..").
> Most docs I see refer to this as br0, but I'd like to use more
descriptive names, such as vlan_105, etc.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Josh

Hi all,

Does anyone know the maximum length of the interface name created by 'brctl
addbr'?  How about any other restrictions on
usable alphanumerics, for example is "-" (dash) or "_"
(underscore) allowed, commas, periods, etc allowed?

Most docs I see refer to this as br0, but I'd like to use more descriptive
names, such as vlan_105, etc.

Thanks in advance,
Josh