I also noticed that ifup behaves differently for bond0 than eth0 for example:
$ sudo ifup bond0 sh: echo: I/O error Waiting for a slave to join bond0 (will timeout after 60s) RTNETLINK answers: File exists Failed to bring up bond0. $ sudo ifup eth0 ifup: interface eth0 already configured -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1254120 Title: Bonded interfaces don't come down with a ifdown -a To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ifenslave/+bug/1254120/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
