| 3 Jun 2025 |
 magic_rb | I mean this one https://aliexpress.com/item/1005005777395543.html | 21:49:36 |
| magic_rb | So ig thats what im buying and then shoving owrt into it and also seeing if i can port liminix | 21:50:47 |
 emily | I want more than 8 ports :'( | 21:51:05 |
| magic_rb | Buy 2 and daisy chain :P | 21:51:16 |
 K900 | I'm pretty sure they're asking about the vendor firmware FWIW | 21:51:24 |
| emily | I want AArch64 :'( | 21:51:24 |
| magic_rb | @k900:0upti.me oh, nevermind then | 21:51:52 |
| emily | the impression I got was that anything with that one Realtek chip shouldn't be hard to port for at least basic functionality. | 21:51:56 |
| emily | * the impression I got was that anything with that one Realtek chip shouldn't be hard to port for at least basic functionality. | 21:51:58 |
| magic_rb | In reply to @emilazy:matrix.org
I want AArch64 :'( I was so many things and yet here we are :) | 21:52:18 |
| emily | I spent so long looking at switch stuff Linux supports and the intersection of (mainline Linux support, chip is actually in normal switches you can buy, >1 Gbit/s, <$5k) seems so empty | 21:53:40 |
| emily | it's basically that Realtek thing (and the upstream support is incomplete there anyway) | 21:53:56 |
| magic_rb | What is not implemented? | 21:54:15 |
| emily | hmm? | 21:56:14 |
| emily | for the Realtek? it looked like lots of stuff was still in-flight | 21:56:26 |
| magic_rb | In reply to @emilazy:matrix.org
it's basically that Realtek thing (and the upstream support is incomplete there anyway) ^ | 21:56:26 |
| emily | OpenWrt has a forked OpenWrt kernel for it etc. | 21:56:33 |
| emily | there's one guy upstreaming stuff | 21:56:38 |
| magic_rb | Welp, better than a web ui | 21:57:37 |
| magic_rb | Im off, i need to sleep, im extremely tired, like, everything hurts, barely able to move the last few days, so bye, gn | 21:58:07 |
 matthewcroughan @ 39c3 (DECT 94667 or 97340 or 67192) | Lemme know how it goes | 22:54:27 |
| matthewcroughan @ 39c3 (DECT 94667 or 97340 or 67192) | I want this too, but the SFPs are too costly for something that might not actually work | 22:54:42 |
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 Mr. Defenestrator | In reply to @emilazy:matrix.org
I spent so long looking at switch stuff Linux supports and the intersection of (mainline Linux support, chip is actually in normal switches you can buy, >1 Gbit/s, <$5k) seems so empty You'd be surprised. Anything vaguely supported by DentOS/SONiC is capable of running a Linux control plane at the very least. I just sold off the last of our Celestica switches at $149 ea. Had 5 running another Linux distribution. `mlxsw` is great, and while the switches are a little more pricey, it's basically turnkey to have an ASIC backed switch capable of running NixOS, or whatever. | 13:20:53 |
| Mr. Defenestrator | https://www.ebay.com/itm/236114008551
https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/sn2010-linux-hacking-switchdev | 13:26:29 |
| emily | yeah, I saw this. but while it's still incredible hardware for $1k, it's hard to justify vs. $120 MIPS consumer switches off AliExpress you can run OpenWrt on | 13:30:04 |
| emily | though $149 is of course a lot more appealing and perhaps I am just bad at finding the relevant models? | 13:30:50 |
