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On Tue, 24 Sep 2024 22:24:15 -0500, Grant Taylor wrote:

> If that's true, then creating an ifconfig / route / et al. wrapper
> around iproute2 using the new kernel interfaces would probably be better
> in the long run.

The only reason it hasn’t been done is that nobody cares enough to do it.