Next Header and Generic Header Compression Support

configname: CONFIG_6LOWPAN_NHC

Linux Kernel Configuration
└─>Networking support
└─>Networking options
└─>6LoWPAN Support
└─>Next Header and Generic Header Compression Support
In linux kernel since version 4.1 (release Date: 2015-06-21)  
Support for next header and generic header compression defined in
RFC6282 and RFC7400.