Rare project developers

[Alexander Gall <>]

Hi Marcos

On Wed, 5 Apr 2023 18:52:59 +0000, Marcos Felipe Schwarz 
<> said:

> We are using the switch for tests on a internal project. But I reserved the 
> equipment for you this Thursday and Friday (06-07/04) from 00:00 to 12:00 
> BRT (05:00 to 17:00 GMT+2).
> I'm asking the local team to connect a port between 1-16 to port eno2 from 
> the server that you access for the USB-console connection (192.168.110.12).

Thanks a lot. Friday is a holiday in Switzerland, but I'll try to
finish today :)

-- 
Alex

> Regards,

> Marcos Schwarz

> -----Mensagem original-----
> De: Alexander Gall <> 
> Enviada em: terça-feira, 4 de abril de 2023 05:24
> Para: Marcos Felipe Schwarz <>
> Cc: Frédéric LOUI <>; Maria Del Carmen Misa Moreira 
> <>; 
> Assunto: Re: RES: RES: RES: RES: RES: RES: [rare-dev] rare on tofinio2

> Hi Marcos

> I'd like to finish the work on the BSP for 9.11. If you can spare your box 
> one more time for a day, I hope to be able to finish it this time
> :) If you can connect some of the gearbox ports (i.e. ports 1-16) I could 
> test our code more thoroughly (port status, counters etc.).

> Regards,
> Alex

> On Tue, 14 Mar 2023 08:18:06 +0100, Alexander Gall <> said:

>> Hi Marcos
>> On Mon, 13 Mar 2023 17:22:33 +0000, Marcos Felipe Schwarz 
>> <> said:

>>> I talked to you too soon,
>>> Got them up, after some reconfiguration.

>> Sorry about that. I did check that the ports were up after I was done 
>> :/ Did I change the configuration by accident? The system should have 
>> been in the exact same state as before.

>> --
>> Alex

>>> -----Mensagem original-----
>>> De: Alexander Gall <>
>>> Enviada em: sexta-feira, 10 de março de 2023 13:16
>>> Para: Marcos Felipe Schwarz <>
>>> Cc: Frédéric LOUI <>; Maria Del Carmen Misa 
>>> Moreira <>; 
>>> Assunto: Re: RES: RES: RES: RES: RES: [rare-dev] rare on tofinio2

>>> Hi Marcos

>>> On Thu, 9 Mar 2023 13:33:28 +0000, Marcos Felipe Schwarz 
>>> <> said:

>>>> Great, keep us updated.

>>> I was too optimistic, of course :( Adapting the control-plane to the new 
>>> interface of the gearbox chip is a lot more work than anticipated.

>>> I'll have to do some more planning before asking you for more time on the 
>>> device. It should now be in the same state it was before.

>>> Regards,
>>> Alex

>>>> Thanks

>>>> -----Mensagem original-----
>>>> De: Alexander Gall <>
>>>> Enviada em: quinta-feira, 9 de março de 2023 10:33
>>>> Para: Marcos Felipe Schwarz <>
>>>> Cc: Frédéric LOUI <>; Maria Del Carmen Misa 
>>>> Moreira <>; 
>>>> Assunto: Re: RES: RES: RES: RES: [rare-dev] rare on tofinio2

>>>> On Thu, 9 Mar 2023 13:27:15 +0000, Marcos Felipe Schwarz 
>>>> <> said:

>>>>> You can start as soon as you are available.

>>>> Ok. I'll start immediately and hopefully finish by tomorrow. I'll let 
>>>> you know.

>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Alex

>>>>> -----Mensagem original-----
>>>>> De: Alexander Gall <> Enviada em: quinta-feira, 9 de 
>>>>> março de 2023 10:26
>>>>> Para: Marcos Felipe Schwarz <>
>>>>> Cc: Frédéric LOUI <>; Maria Del Carmen Misa 
>>>>> Moreira <>; 
>>>>> Assunto: Re: RES: RES: RES: [rare-dev] rare on tofinio2

>>>>> Hi Marcos

>>>>> On Thu, 9 Mar 2023 13:20:54 +0000, Marcos Felipe Schwarz 
>>>>> <> said:

>>>>>> How long do you expect this process to take?
>>>>>> We'll need to use it for another project, but we can let it available 
>>>>>> for one day or two.

>>>>> I hope one day is enough. When would it suite you?

>>>>> --
>>>>> Alex

>>>>>> The console is available on the used place:
>>>>>> - Jump host:  -p 2200
>>>>>> - Server with USB console (/dev/ttyUSB0): 

>>>>>> Regards,

>>>>>> Marcos Schwarz

>>>>>> -----Mensagem original-----
>>>>>> De: Alexander Gall <> Enviada em: quinta-feira, 9 de 
>>>>>> março de 2023 06:19
>>>>>> Para: Marcos Felipe Schwarz <>
>>>>>> Cc: Frédéric LOUI <>; Maria Del Carmen 
>>>>>> Misa Moreira <>; 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Assunto: Re: RES: RES: [rare-dev] rare on tofinio2

>>>>>> Hi Marcos

>>>>>> I'm finally ready to start work on the 9.11.0 (APS still considers it 
>>>>>> as beta but I guess it's good to go for us). They made a major change 
>>>>>> regarding the gearbox so I'll have to do some coding to make it work 
>>>>>> with our control-plane.  Is it still ok for me to use the RIO APS2556X?

>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Alex

>>>>>> On Tue, 31 Jan 2023 14:12:43 +0100, Alexander Gall <> 
>>>>>> said:

>>>>>>> On Tue, 31 Jan 2023 13:00:05 +0000, Marcos Felipe Schwarz 
>>>>>>> <> said:
>>>>>>>> It's ok for me, Carmen is using SAO0021, so RIO is available.

>>>>>>> Great. It will probably be a while before I have the time to work 
>>>>>>> on this. I'll let you know before I start.

>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Alex

>>>>>>>> -----Mensagem original-----
>>>>>>>> De: Frédéric LOUI <> Enviada em: 
>>>>>>>> terça-feira,
>>>>>>>> 31 de janeiro de 2023 09:23
>>>>>>>> Para: Marcos Felipe Schwarz <>
>>>>>>>> Cc: Maria Del Carmen Misa Moreira <>; 
>>>>>>>> Alexander Gall <>; 
>>>>>>>> Assunto: Re: RES: [rare-dev] rare on tofinio2

>>>>>>>> Alex is planning to bump RARE/freeRtr SDE for TOFINO [1|2] to 
>>>>>>>> SDE version 9.11.0 (newest LTS)

>>>>>>>> As RARE/freeRtr is trying to support hardware that our user base 
>>>>>>>> purchased, APS2556X-1T and APS6064X is on this support list.
>>>>>>>> APS released recently newest BSP support for SDE 9.11.0.
>>>>>>>> This allows us to bump to SDE 9.11.0.

>>>>>>>> In order to elaborate/test this release we would need RIO0021 access 
>>>>>>>> (inbound + serial).

>>>>>>>> So the question is:
>>>>>>>> Is it OK for you ? :-)

>>>>>>>> If yes, can you please sync with Alex off-line ?
>>>>>>>> RIO0021 is not part of Carmen’s demo.

>>>>>>>> Thanks !
>>>>>>>> Frederic

>>>>>>>>> Le 31 janv. 2023 à 13:08, Marcos Felipe Schwarz 
>>>>>>>>> <> a écrit :
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Sorry Frederic, I think I missed something...
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> What is the request? Either way, RIO0021 is avaiilable for use.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> De: Maria Del Carmen Misa Moreira <> 
>>>>>>>>> Enviada em: terça-feira, 31 de janeiro de 2023 08:58
>>>>>>>>> Para: ; Marcos Felipe Schwarz 
>>>>>>>>> <>; Alexander Gall <>
>>>>>>>>> Cc: 
>>>>>>>>> Assunto: Re: [rare-dev] rare on tofinio2
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I´m not using RIO node.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>> Carmen Misa
>>>>>>>>> From: Frédéric LOUI <>
>>>>>>>>> Sent: 31 January 2023 11:46
>>>>>>>>> To: Marcos Schwarz <>; Maria Del Carmen 
>>>>>>>>> Misa Moreira <>; Alexander Gall 
>>>>>>>>> <>
>>>>>>>>> Cc:  <>
>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [rare-dev] rare on tofinio2
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> @Marcos,
>>>>>>>>> How does it sounds for you ? 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> @Carmen,
>>>>>>>>> As you are currently using GP4L is it OK to use RIO0021 node
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> @Alex
>>>>>>>>> With a quick sync with Carmen I presume you can use RIO0021
>>>>>>>>> (APS2556X-1T)
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> For what is worth, RIO0021 is already accessible via SSH OOBM.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> For serial access, I presume that you’d need Marcos/RNP 
>>>>>>>>> agreement
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> > Le 31 janv. 2023 à 11:30, Alexander Gall <> a écrit 
>>>>>>>>> > :
>>>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>>>> > On Tue, 31 Jan 2023 10:53:04 +0100, mc36 <> said:
>>>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>>>> >> stordis provided a bsp for sde9.11 on their support forum, 
>>>>>>>>> >> also mirrored on my nas under /inet/barefoot/ :)
>>>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>>>> > Netberg also appears to support 9.11.0 by now. I will need to 
>>>>>>>>> > re-acquire access to the devices in Brazil (or wherever they 
>>>>>>>>> > are, I
>>>>>>>>> > forgot) to start testing. But probably no sooner than in two 
>>>>>>>>> > weeks or so.
>>>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>>>> > --
>>>>>>>>> > Alex
>>>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>>>> >> br,
>>>>>>>>> >> cs
>>>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>>>> >> On 1/31/23 10:24, Alexander Gall wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>> On Tue, 31 Jan 2023 10:13:56 +0100, Fr  d  ric LOUI 
>>>>>>>>> >>> <> said:
>>>>>>>>> >>> 
>>>>>>>>> >>>> SDE 9.12.0 is out and should include the TOFINO 2 fix !
>>>>>>>>> >>> 
>>>>>>>>> >>> And we're still stuck with 9.7 :( I'll have to check with 
>>>>>>>>> >>> Stordis and Netberg to see what the common most recent SDE 
>>>>>>>>> >>> version is. For Inventec we'll go with the BSP-less 
>>>>>>>>> >>> approach anyway. Once I find the time to work on this...
>>>>>>>>> >>> 
>>>>>>>>> >>> But at least 9.7 also works on the Tofino2 with the 
>>>>>>>>> >>> workaround that csaba has implemented.
>>>>>>>>> >>> 
>>>>>>>>>