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shell/ifconfig: Add L2-PDU info
When IPv6 is enabled, the MTU is given. So users(*) sending IPv6 packets can easily figure out what the supported maximum protocol unit is. However, when IPv6 is disabled and a user wants to send layer 2 frames directly, no information about the maximum PDU is available using the shell. When 6LoWPAN is used, a user may be interested in the layer 2 PDU as well in order to avoid layer 2 fragmentation. This PR adds the L2-PDU info to the output of the ifconfig shell command, which is printed regardless of the use of IPv6. (*): Here "users" refers to human beings interacting with the shell. Applications can get the maximum PDU of each layer more easily using gnrc_netapi_get() with NETOPT_MAX_PACKET_SIZE instead of using a shell command.
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