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[Frédéric LOUI <>]

Hi Carmen,

> @Frederic I don't have this path on the router 
> "/opt/freertr/bin/hwdet-main.s"

I’m so sorry :)
I totally forgot you were using Nix image.

> By the way, I'm storing the configuration in different .txt files and then 
> I just copy one of the configuration into /etc/freertr/rtr-sw.txt and then 
> 'reload warm' or if it's needed reboot the switch this works to me!

Cool, but I suggest also to test mc36’s suggestion as they are pure freeRtr 
command and does not require Linux access …
It is better in the long run as Linux layer should be totally hidden from the 
user point of you.

(But if course we are in rare-dev mailing list so your solution applies 
perfectly here ! ) 


> Le 1 déc. 2021 à 12:10, Carmen Misa Moreira <> a 
> écrit :
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> @Frederic I don't have this path on the router 
> "/opt/freertr/bin/hwdet-main.s"
> 
> By the way, I'm storing the configuration in different .txt files and then 
> I just copy one of the configuration into /etc/freertr/rtr-sw.txt and then 
> 'reload warm' or if it's needed reboot the switch this works to me!
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Carmen Misa
> 
> 
> On 26.11.21 16:57, mc36 wrote:
>> hi,
>> so we have "config reload <url>" to load from a config store or "config 
>> startup" to edit locally...
>> then reload warm and it moved to the new configuration... we also have 
>> "config overwrite-network <url>"
>> that operates on the running configuration but imto that one have high 
>> chances to run into bugs... :)
>> anyway, as you can note, you should take a look at "config ?" maybe others 
>> better fit your needs...
>> regards,
>> cs
>> 
>> 
>> On 11/26/21 15:57, Frédéric LOUI wrote:
>>> Hi !
>>> 
>>> In p4 switch, software configuration is saved in /etc/freertr/rtr-sw.txt
>>> 
>>> Then you can save multiple files:
>>> /etc/freertr/rtr-test1-sw.txt
>>> /etc/freertr/rtr-test2-sw.txt
>>> /etc/freertr/rtr-test3-sw.txt
>>> /etc/freertr/rtr-test4-sw.txt
>>> /etc/freertr/rtr-test5-sw.txt
>>> 
>>> And make sure you start freertr with the right 
>>> /etc/freertr/rtr-test<x>-sw.txt files
>>> 
>>> In /opt/freertr/bin/hwdet-main.sh
>>> 
>>> ...
>>> while (true); do
>>>    cd /opt/freertr/lib
>>> 
>>>    stty raw < /dev/tty
>>>    java -Xmx2048m -jar rtr.jar router $FREERTR_CONFIG/rtr-test<x>
>>>    if [ $? -eq 4 ] ; then
>>>      sync
>>>      reboot -f
>>>    fi
>>>    stty cooked < /dev/tty
>>>    sleep 1
>>>    done
>>> …
>>> 
>>> Note that in that case you also need to have rtr-test<x>-hw.txt
>>> 
>>> But  maybe mc36 have more elegant solutions in his sleeves.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hope this helps !
>>> Frederic
>>> 
>>>> Le 26 nov. 2021 Ã  15:46, Carmen Misa Moreira 
>>>> <> a écrit :
>>>> 
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> 
>>>> I was wondering if is possible to have several control plane 
>>>> configurations and swap between them depending on the test that you want 
>>>> to execute, for example, one configuration with 3 VLANs and 1 VRF and 
>>>> the other without VLANs but with 2 VRF and then test different 
>>>> behaviours in the network just by loading one of this configurations. 
>>>> Two different control plane configurations with different purposes.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for your time,
>>>> 
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> 
>>>> Carmen Misa
>>>> 
>>>