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Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 14:23:46 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>
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On Sat, 16 May 2026 09:02:27 +0200 Fernando Fernandez Mancera wrote:
> >> Oh sorry, I should have clarified it. ip netconf only shows/query them
> >> but it cannot set them AFAICS.
> >>
> >> Usage: ip netconf show [ dev STRING ]  
> > 
> > Oh, fun. anyway, you gotta find a better way. Or just give up on the
> > selftest, the YNL hack is too ugly to live
> >   
> 
> Fair, let me see what I can do. Otherwise, Paolo as you requested the 
> selftest, would it be acceptable for you to drop it given the situation? 
> I looking for alternatives anyway :-)

Maybe extend iproute2 ?