The link configuration is optional and allows to define per interface link configurations. An explicit
link configuration with the global default settings is automatically generated if no link is defined
for interface links referenced by interface functions. 

.. code-block:: json

    { "interfaces": { "links": [] } }


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   * - Attribute
     - Description
     - Default
   * - `interface`
     - Interface name (e.g. eth0, ...)
     - 
   * - `description`
     - Interface description
     - 
   * - `mac`
     - Overwrite the MAC address
     - Interface MAC address
   * - `io-mode`
     - Overwrite the IO mode
     - 
   * - `io-slots`
     - Overwrite the IO slots (ring size)
     - 
   * - `io-slots-tx`
     - Overwrite the TX IO slots (ring size)
     - 
   * - `io-slots-rx`
     - Overwrite the RX IO slots (ring size)
     - 
   * - `qdisc-bypass`
     - Overwrite the kernel's qdisc layer configuration
     - 
   * - `tx-interval`
     - Overwrite the TX polling interval in milliseconds
     - 
   * - `rx-interval`
     - Overwrite the RX polling interval in milliseconds
     - 
   * - `tx-threads`
     - Overwrite the number of TX threads per interface link
     - 
   * - `rx-threads`
     - Overwrite the number of RX threads per interface link
     - 
   * - `tx-cpuset`
     - Optionally pin TX threads to CPU cores (cpuset)
     - 
   * - `rx-cpuset`
     - Optionally pin RX threads to CPU cores (cpuset)
     - 
   * - `lag-interface`
     - Add interface link to LAG group
     - 
   * - `lacp-priority`
     - LACP interface priority
     - 32768