[Enhancement] Consider shorter interface-name prefixes
Username: Jeff Kletsky
Origin: https://bugs.openwrt.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=1415
Given that IFNAMSIZ
is typically 16, there are 15 characters available for an interface name.
OpenWRT prepends a prefix that can be at least 6 characters gre4t-
as an example.
If one then creates pseudo/virtual-interfaces using VLAN notation, there are only 4 characters available for configuration
gre4t-ABCD.1234
As long as this limitation is known, there is no loss of functionality, only utility in the naming. I would have ideally been able to name my tunnels with a more readable indication of where the other endpoint was, for example portal1
rather than gt99
.
At some time in the future, shortening these generated prefixes would be welcome. I acknowledge that this likely impacts only a small fraction of advanced users and a change may impact scripts that rely on the generated name.