Lovely, so for bonding and bridging, the underlying interface should have an auto $iface and iface xxx config, to ensure that any attributes for the underlying interface are applied prior to bringing up bond0 or br0.
However, for an interface that doesn't have a network (nor is part of any virtual network device) there is no need for the interface to be brought up...
Lovely, so for bonding and bridging, the underlying interface should have an auto $iface and iface xxx config, to ensure that any attributes for the underlying interface are applied prior to bringing up bond0 or br0.
However, for an interface that doesn't have a network (nor is part of any virtual network device) there is no need for the interface to be brought up...