On Wed, 2009-03-25 at 12:54 -0700, Peter Memishian wrote: > > > 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).
Right, that's what I'd expect. The plumbing of the 0.0.0.0 address is an implementation detail that need not be exposed to the administrative interface. -Seb
