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[mc36 <>]

fl, could you please give the official image a spin on your bf2556? thx


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Subject: Re: [rare-dev] [RARE-users] RARE/freeRtr first release for [Wedge 
100BF-32X, Wedge 100BF-32QS, Wedge 100BF-64X and APS6064X]
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2022 08:54:43 +0200
From: Alexander Gall <>
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CC: Eoin Kenny <>,  
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On Thu, 7 Jul 2022 18:23:16 +0200, mc36 <> said:

> rare/rare should be the credentinals, but seemingly something else is running 
> here...
> alex: any idea what spams here? that prompt seems weirdo, without any 
> user/pass, and then the segfault to quit... :)

I have never seen a 2556 boot, so can't compare. All the messages
about "luaCLI" and "cmdShell" seems to be related to the Marvell
stuff. Don't know if that's part of the SAL. I certainly have never
seen this when I tested the RARE release on Jordi's 2556 :/

At least the rest appears to be as expected :)

@Eoin, the rare user can also sudo and you can login with root without
pw on the serial console. Should all be in the docs somewhere. Maybe
@Frederic can provide a pointer.

--
Alex

> br,
> cs


> On 7/7/22 17:44, Eoin Kenny wrote:
> > Hi Csaba, Alex,
> >
> > Ok, I did my BIOS upgrades from 1.0 to 1.2.1 and finally 1.3.
> >
> > > From the onie prompt I stopped onie using onie-stop and addeded a public IP address/route. 
> > Using onie-nos-install 
> > http://hydra.nix.net.switch.ch/RARE/releases/1/onie-installer.bin
> > The install kicked off. A copy of the output is here:
> > https://github.com/sonicepk/BF2556X-1T-ONIE-freeRouter/blob/main/stordis-install.txt
> >
> > I now have a Debian login prompt. I could not find this in the documentation 
> > or in this email archive...
> > http://docs.freertr.org/guides/installation/wedge100bf32/onie-nos-install/
> >
> > Thanks for your help.
> >
> > Regards
> > Eoin
> >
> > ________________________________________
> > From: mc36 <>
> > Sent: Wednesday 6 July 2022 17:53
> > To: ; Eoin Kenny; 
> > Subject: Re: [rare-dev] [RARE-users] RARE/freeRtr first release for [Wedge 
> > 100BF-32X, Wedge 100BF-32QS, Wedge 100BF-64X and APS6064X]
> >
> > CAUTION[External]: This email originated from outside of the organisation. Do 
> > not click on links or open the attachments unless you recognise the sender 
> > and know the content is safe.
> >
> >
> > hi,
> > http://docs.freertr.org/guides/installation/wedge100bf32/onie-nos-install/
> > it's for the wedges, but imho it should not be different for the bf2556tx
> > tl;dt: first try this particular box in an isolated lab because there are two 
> > things to note:
> > 1) we had a port up/down issue in that release so it's highly recommended to 
> > upgrade to something newer...
> > 2) i run a bf2556tx and there were magical issues: running the switch on the 
> > official bsp970 designed for sde970
> > on a debian11 installation, everything worked fine... whereas running 
> > official image (sde971 + bsp970) was not...
> > as it's my core router of my homenet and when it caused issues, i was cut 
> > offline from almost all of my troublehsooting
> > tools, so i just noted the issue and left it as is... i simply plugged the 
> > power cord of the switch as nothing else helped...
> > since these experiences, the box is at my nren (we're piloting a 4k mpls l2tp 
> > lns) on debian11 + sde990 without bsp...
> > that possibility is on it's way to the official releases, but as my box is 
> > remote, i did not had the chance to play
> > with if further on the latest official rare builds...
> > regards,
> > cs
> >
> >
> >
> > On 7/6/22 18:13, Eoin Kenny wrote:
> > > Hi Alex,
> > >
> > > We now have or BF2556X-1T. It boots to an ONIE shell. Is there an 
> > > installation guide for freeRouter on the BF2556X-1T?
> > > Thanks
> > > Eoin
> > >
> > > ________________________________________
> > > From:  <> on 
> > > behalf of Alexander Gall <>
> > > Sent: Wednesday 18 May 2022 07:56
> > > To: 
> > > Cc: 
> > > Subject: Re: [RARE-users] [rare-dev] RARE/freeRtr first release for [Wedge 
> > > 100BF-32X, Wedge 100BF-32QS, Wedge 100BF-64X and APS6064X]
> > >
> > > CAUTION[External]: This email originated from outside of the organisation. Do 
> > > not click on links or open the attachments unless you recognise the sender 
> > > and know the content is safe.
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Eoin
> > >
> > > The BF2556X-1T is already supported, it was just missing in Fr  d  ric's
> > > list :)
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Alex
> > >
> > > On Tue, 17 May 2022 15:27:40 +0000, Eoin Kenny <> said:
> > >
> > > > Hi RARE team,
> > > > Great to see freeRouter/NOS support for the boxes below. Are there any plans 
> > > > to support the BF2556X-1T?
> > >
> > > > You have a review of the BF2556X-1T here, so it sounds like you might be 
> > > > working on it:
> > > > https://wiki.geant.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=148091012
> > >
> > >
> > > > Regards
> > > > Eoin
> > >
> > > > ________________________________________
> > > > From:  <> on 
> > > > behalf of Fr  d  ric LOUI <>
> > > > Sent: Friday 6 May 2022 18:53
> > > > To: ; 
> > > > Subject: [RARE-users] RARE/freeRtr first release for [Wedge 100BF-32X, Wedge 
> > > > 100BF-32QS, Wedge 100BF-64X and APS6064X]
> > >
> > > > CAUTION[External]: This email originated from outside of the organisation. Do 
> > > > not click on links or open the attachments unless you recognise the sender 
> > > > and know the content is safe.
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > >
> > > > 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
> > >
> > > > 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