Linux Ethernet Bridging - Sep 2010 - [Bridge] help needed regarding configuration for bridging

Hi all,
        I have a Linux box with 3 interfaces eth0,eth1 and eth2.
        Could anyone please let me know whether the following configuration
would be valid :

*#brctl addbr br1
#brctl addif br1 eth1
#ifconfig br1 up
# brctl show
bridge name     bridge id               STP enabled     interfaces
br1             8000.001000000007       no              eth1


# brctl addbr br0
# brctl addif br0 eth0
# ifconfig br0 up
# vconfig add br0 5
# brctl addif br1 br0.5

# brctl show
bridge name     bridge id               STP enabled     interfaces
br1             8000.001000000006       no                       br0.5

eth1
br0             8000.001000000006       no

#
# ifconfig br0.5 up*

Thanks.
Debasis
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On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:11:21 +0530
debasis das <fordebasis at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>         I have a Linux box with 3 interfaces eth0,eth1 and eth2.
>         Could anyone please let me know whether the following configuration
> would be valid :
> 
> *#brctl addbr br1
> #brctl addif br1 eth1
> #ifconfig br1 up
> # brctl show
> bridge name     bridge id               STP enabled     interfaces
> br1             8000.001000000007       no              eth1
> 
> 
> # brctl addbr br0
> # brctl addif br0 eth0
> # ifconfig br0 up
> # vconfig add br0 5
> # brctl addif br1 br0.5
A bridge can not be added to a bridge.

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