| 3 Oct 2025 |
|  elisaado joined the room. | 19:28:02 |
| elisaado | Hi :) | 19:28:29 |
| elisaado | I'm a VyOS user but with the current state of VyOS and the fact that I run NixOS with asahi on my mac, I've been thinking about building a virtual router using NixOS | 19:29:07 |
|  moleksiak joined the room. | 23:13:43 |
| 4 Oct 2025 |
 Marcel | All software you are using under the hood on vyos should be available on nixos. Only the experience is probably not going to feel the same level of uniform. | 03:03:47 |
 K900 | FWIW I've been running NixOS on my home router (bpi-r4) for a while now, and pretty happy with it | 06:07:48 |
| K900 | Running networkd + kea/unbound + a bunch of custom jank | 06:08:12 |
 aleksana 🏳️⚧️ (force me to bed after 18:00 UTC) | In reply to @k900:0upti.me
FWIW I've been running NixOS on my home router (bpi-r4) for a while now, and pretty happy with it I'd also like to buy this device. Did you encounter any problems? | 06:25:04 |
| K900 | You need kernel patches to get the 10G ports to work | 06:25:47 |
| aleksana 🏳️⚧️ (force me to bed after 18:00 UTC) | In reply to @k900:0upti.me
You need kernel patches to get the 10G ports to work Like this issue? https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/17207 | 06:27:01 |
| K900 | Like this tree | 06:27:58 |
| K900 | https://github.com/K900/linux/tree/bpi-r4-test | 06:27:59 |
 flokli | @k900:0upti.me: how's the upstreaming of all the kernel fixes going? ;-) | 06:28:06 |
| * K900 gestures vaguely at the burning dumpster | 06:28:25 |
| K900 | Also the official BE14 wireless daughterboard is not great for signal integrity | 06:29:25 |
| flokli | 
Download 1000069186.jpg | 06:29:34 |
| K900 | It's very usable, but it's not amazing | 06:29:34 |
| K900 | The upcoming BE19 should be significantly better | 06:29:52 |
| flokli | Yeah, but half of the fixes are bringup of the main board, and only a few bits the wifi card connected via pcie, no? | 06:30:47 |
| aleksana 🏳️⚧️ (force me to bed after 18:00 UTC) | In reply to @k900:0upti.me
https://github.com/K900/linux/tree/bpi-r4-test Okay thanks | 06:31:02 |
| K900 | That's continuing my previous train of thought | 06:31:02 |
| K900 | The wireless actually works just fine on mainline | 06:31:09 |
| flokli | Aka, getting most of the fixes massaged upwards is still worthwhile | 06:31:04 |
| K900 | At this point the only things 6.17 is missing is the Ethernet | 06:31:21 |
| K900 | It's not that it's not worthwhile | 06:31:34 |
| K900 | It's that no one has found the time, so far | 06:31:43 |
| flokli | So no more custom hacks needed for fixed regulator stuff to get it not to oops? | 06:31:47 |
| K900 | The regulator stuff is not a hack | 06:31:54 |
| K900 | I've verified with the schematics | 06:32:07 |
| flokli | Ok, but then the device tree is incomplete? | 06:32:44 |
