gnrc_ipv6_nib: queue packets that trigger probing on border router #16947
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Contribution description
When probing for an unknown neighbor, the NIB on a 6LoWPAN border router currently drops the packet that triggered that probing in accordance with RFC 6775. However, it also does that on the upstream interface, as queuing support is removed at compile-time altogether. This adds an exception to the compile-time config
Testing procedure
Try to ping an Internet host via a border router from a 6LoWPAN host (see e.g. Task 8.5 of the release specs). The first message should go through with this PR, without it, the message will get lost.
Issues/PRs references
None, but the issue in #11988 might be related.