Rare project developers

[mc36 <>]

hi,
so they lost a core developer recently who was responsible for keeping the 
bsp in sync with the sde.
the new guys put on the effort said they'll do their best to release a bsp 
for each lte sde...
anyway, i personally fine without the gearbox ports using the intel bsp on my 
bf2556 exclusively...
(on the other hand i see the loss of these ports, but you should note that 
they never worked
as good as the native tofino ports: they always lacked the port state 
propagation for example)
br,
cs

On 5/12/22 19:29, Marcos Felipe Schwarz wrote:
> I was expecting to use a APS2556X1T for PolKA / Segment Routing.
> What limitations does it have? Considering the SDE 9.7.0 BSP.
> It seems that APS2556X1T and APS6064X are reaching end of sale, so do you 
> guys know if they will continue receiving SDE/BSP updates?
>
> -----Mensagem original-----
> De:  <> 
> Em nome de Alexander Gall
> Enviada em: quarta-feira, 11 de maio de 2022 03:55
> Para: 
> Cc: 
> Assunto: Re: [RARE-users] [rare-dev] RARE/freeRtr first release for [Wedge 
> 100BF-32X, Wedge 100BF-32QS, Wedge 100BF-64X and APS6064X]
>
> On Fri, 6 May 2022 19:53:16 +0200, Fr  d  ric LOUI <> 
> said:
>
> > The whole team is proud to announce the first release of RARE/freeRtr NOS on :
> > - Wedge 100BF-32X
> > - Wedge 100BF-32QS
> > - Wedge 100BF-64X
> > - APS6064X
>
> Also the APS2556X1T (with rather shaky support of the gearbox ports as per 
> their buggy old BSP).
>
> --
> Alex
>
> > This release is a first of its kind. It boasts:
>   
> > - an OpenSource routing NOS with feature rich features such as MPLS,
> > Segment Routing, SRv6 and related service (IPv4 and IPv6 L3VPN, VPLS
> > EVPN etc.)
> > - OSPF, ISIS, EIGRP, RIP IGP with SR extension support
> > - Unique in-house IGP: LSRP, PVRP  with SR extension
> > - BGP (v4 and v6) with an long list of address family support
> > - a unique and innovative forwarding paradigm called Polka (kudo to
> > UFES ;) )
> > - an extensive list of specific tailored profile (the RARE/freeRtr can
> > act as P/PE,BNG,BRAS, CGNAT, traffic cleaner and more !)
> > - an innovative software life cycle management leveraging Nix package manager 
> > paradigm.
> -> it is possible to upgrade and rollback without any hitch at the
> -> software distribution level
> >        (think of an "apt upgrade" with the possibility to "apt
> > downgrade #n    at the router level)
> > - multicast BIER
> > - AMT gateway/relay
> > - unicast 2 multicast translator
> > - the possibility to run on TOFINO(*) ASIC unlock 32x100GE traffic
> > switching
> > - A one liner ONIE image installation
> > - and more    
>
> > (*) It is not included in this release but RARE/freeRtr also runs on DPDK, 
> > XDP, libpcap dataplane solution.
>
> > More information at:
> > http://docs.freertr.org
> > http://blog.freertr.org
> > http://rare.freertr.org
>
> > Last but not least: freertr.org
>
> > For those you wants to start their journey:
> > http://docs.freertr.org/guides/installation/
>
> > A large kudos to mc36 and Alex for their extraordinary and amazing work.
>
> > For the future:
> > * New features
> > * new dataplanes
> > * but also TOFINO2 supports that will pave the road to 400G network
> > path
>
> > We sincerely hope that you would enjoy a great experience with this release !
>
> > Feel free to engage with us via:
> > -  for users
> > -  for developers
> > - IRC via #freertr @ hackint
> > - Discord via RARE/freeRtr guild (upon invitation)
>
> > Happy networking,
>
> > All the best
> > Frederic--