| 27 May 2025 |
 magic_rb | just get a managed one, the one you can put owrt on | 13:11:53 |
| magic_rb | im very tempted to get one | 13:11:56 |
| magic_rb | tbh | 13:11:57 |
| magic_rb | like, the only thing stopping me rn is the fact that im broke | 13:12:08 |
 emily | I would like one but I want to do more research about the DSA/switchdev driver options in the kernel | 13:32:21 |
| emily | since it would be nice to have something that NixOS can run on more easily than MIPS stuff | 13:32:33 |
| emily | apparently the Realtek can operate in a mode where it just operates as a switch ASIC and you use another SoC to talk to it but I don't know if the upstream kernel driver supports that | 13:33:04 |
| emily | or what switches use that to put ARM or something on there | 13:33:12 |
 matthewcroughan | liminix tho | 13:46:47 |
| matthewcroughan | you don't need nixos | 13:46:50 |
| matthewcroughan | nixos for 1G or more of memory | 13:47:15 |
| matthewcroughan | Yeah I have a spare 2.5G unmanaged switch, I'll just use this for now, and check back in half a year when more products are out with that new realtek chip | 14:06:07 |
| matthewcroughan | Even though it could technically be done now, it's quite wasteful and inefficient | 14:06:48 |
 Zhaofeng Li | I assume people here are already using bird3, right? No weird breakages? | 14:24:49 |
 Tom | (JFTR the RTL8127 is just a NIC. But i kinda would expect that there will be eventually also reasonable options to connect it to.) | 14:27:56 |
| matthewcroughan | In reply to @tom:dragar.de
(JFTR the RTL8127 is just a NIC. But i kinda would expect that there will be eventually also reasonable options to connect it to.) I think waiting is the right call | 14:29:57 |
| Tom | (But if that ends up beeing something you would want to use 🤷 we'll see) | 14:30:01 |
| matthewcroughan | Buying now is like buying an nvidia gtx 480 | 14:30:15 |
| matthewcroughan | Baaaad | 14:30:20 |
| matthewcroughan | emily: https://fasterbritain.com/ | 15:48:22 |
| matthewcroughan | they claim that I can attach to them, when nobody else has | 15:48:31 |
| matthewcroughan | do they really just want to data mine and have me give them details? | 15:48:41 |
| emily | I assume that they will just lay down fibre if you pay for it. | 16:47:18 |
| emily | which is not something you're likely want to pay for | 16:47:40 |
| matthewcroughan | This country will pay if it doesn't lay it | 17:35:44 |
| 28 May 2025 |
| emily | btw I'm confused where you even found this or what makes you think it uses a new Realtek chip. it says 30 m so I suspect it's just the old stuff. | 01:40:49 |
| matthewcroughan | the cnx-software article | 09:36:26 |
| matthewcroughan | www.cnx-software.com/2025/05/22/realtek-rtl8127-rtl8159-and-rtl8261c-will-power-low-cost-efficient-10-gbps-ethernet-cards-usb-adapters-and-switches/ | 09:36:35 |
| matthewcroughan | read to the bottom | 09:36:37 |
| matthewcroughan | Or ctrl + f for Some upcoming products from Hellotek | 09:37:03 |
