> > > If there are no addresses, then there is no point in "plumbing" the > > > associated interface under the hood. > > > > If you're using IPMP you may want to place the IP interfaces into a group > > without assigning any IP addresses. > > The implementation knows whether IPMP or DHCP is configured (there are > separate subcommands for that, right?), and therefore knows to plumb > whatever it wants as a result. Why would "create-interface" need a "-f > <family>" option as a result of this?
I'm not arguing for an "-f" option, just that I'd expect someone to create an IP interface before they can place it into an IPMP group -- and when they create that interface, there should be no need to configure it with an IP address (under the hood, it will need a 0.0.0.0 address based on the requirements of the IP module itself, but it'd be nice if the administrator didn't see that). -- meem
