Rare project developers

[Edgard da Cunha Pontes <>]

Hi Csaba, 

I will use Debian Stable, It is always good to take the advice of experts. :)

Hi Frédéric,

Thank you very much for the tips and installation possibilities.

Initially, I will proceed with installing Debian Stable and progressing to p4emu. As soon as I have any success, I'll come back here to report.

About the DPDK conversion, it will be great to be able to contribute. 

Em ter., 10 de mai. de 2022 12:10, Frédéric LOUI <> escreveu:

IIRC, i was contacted by someone who wanted to create a x86 ONIE based on this:
https://github.com/opencomputeproject/onie/blob/master/machine/kvm_x86_64/INSTALL

I used it in the early days in order to install a ONIE and bootstrap ONL on virtualbox.

I presume it can work if you manage to do this.

Otherwise, you can use freertr.org installation instruction:

Use ideally Debian Sid:

one-line installer to a fresh debian:
wget freertr.org/install.sh ; sudo bash install.sh

And then switch to software dataplane operation: (again in freertr.org install instruction)
activate external forwarding:
write
test hwext path /rtr/rtr- dataplane p4emu
reload cold
(just press y)

After that you can switch to DPDK operation if the NIC used by your platform is DPDK compatible.

Also, there is manual installation but this is only for your reference.
mc36 freertr.org/install.sh will mostly do everything for you.

I successfully installed DELL VEP1425, VEP1445 and my home router.
Please follow blog article for some reference in order to collect insight.

blog.freertr.org -> SOHO series of articles

You can start here:
http://y.freertr.org/JK7TC

For DPDK conversion, documentation needs to be updated.
In that case feel free to write one with our assistance and we will integrate it in docs.freertr.org :)

We will then update the HCL here:
https://wiki.geant.org/display/RARE/Supported+devices

Have fun !

All the best,
Frederic

> Le 10 mai 2022 à 16:00, Edgard da Cunha Pontes <> a écrit :
>
> Hi Csaba,
>
> Thanks for the advice. I didn't know onie is for tofino asic based devices.
>
> I will start my "battle" with ubuntu-20.04-server.
>
>
> Em ter., 10 de mai. de 2022 às 10:29, mc36 <> escreveu:
> hi,
> onie is for tofino asic based devices which is not the case with these...
> so install the very basic debian with next-next-ok method, if suggests you,
> decide to not install any desktop envionment... next upgrade to debian sid,
> then install freerouter with the one-line installer from freertr.org...
> and finally, you should activate the dpdk dataplane if all the chips
> within the box supports it... if not, then you're still good to go
> with the libpcap dataplane...
> br,
> cs
>
> On 5/10/22 15:12, Edgard da Cunha Pontes wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I received the mission to install freeRtr on Lanners Luna D-125 <https://www.lannerinc.com/products/network-appliances/x86-desktop-network-appliances/luna-d125> and NCA-1010A
> > <https://www.lannerinc.com/products/network-appliances/x86-desktop-network-appliances/nca-1010>.
> >
> > Seeing the emails about installing freeRtr on other devices, I decided to come here to ask you for guidance on: where should I start studying to install freeRtr on Lanners using ONIE?
> >
> > In addition to looking at the instructions on the ONIE website, of course. :)
> >
> > ---
> > Edgard.