<column name="link_state">
<p>
- The observed state of the physical network link;
- i.e. whether a carrier is detected by the interface.
+ The observed state of the physical network link. This is ordinarily
+ the link's carrier status. If the interface's <ref table="Port"/> is
+ a bond configured for miimon monitoring, it is instead the network
+ link's miimon status.
</p>
</column>