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[mc36 <>]

hi,
yess, basically you caught it right imho...
btw, alex's script somehow failed to pick up the task so there is no 
precompiled binaries yet...
we'll keep you posted...
br,
cs


On 2/7/23 12:52, Marcos Felipe Schwarz wrote:
> Thanks Csaba.
>
> If I understand correctly, this will provide the point2point layer2, but I 
> won't be able to configure a management IP, right?
> Anyway it seems fine for now.
>
> Thanks for the update.
>
> Regards,
>
> Marcos Schwarz
>
> -----Mensagem original-----
> De: mc36 <>
> Enviada em: ter  a-feira, 7 de fevereiro de 2023 02:07
> Para: ; Marcos Felipe Schwarz 
> <>
> Assunto: Re: [RARE-users] Request to add BRIDGE to GEANT_TESTBED
>
> hi,
>
> tried to add the full bridging feature, which did not fit to the asic with 
> the below error message:
>
> running /home/mc36/bf-sde-9.12.0/install/bin/bf-p4c -I. -I../p4src/ 
> -Xp4c="--disable-parse-depth-limit" -DDUAL_PIPE optimizer1296.p4...
> optimizer1296.tofino/pipe/optimizer1296.bfa:5550: error: tofino supports up 
> to 12 stages, using 14
>   optimizer1296.tofino/pipe/optimizer1296.bfa:0: error: Due to errors, no 
> binary will be generated failed command assembler returning false for 512 and 
> 1024 on profile-geant-testbed
> *** unable to find a working first value ***
>
> but to provide just a point2point layer2, we have an other thing, which does 
> not involve bridging, but local cross-connect of two (sub)interfaces: 
> https://github.com/rare-freertr/freeRtr/blob/master/cfg/p4lang-rout215.tst#L58
> and the good news is that adding this to the testbed profile compiled fine:
>
> *** working profile generated successfully ***
>
> i'l commit soon this to the bitbucket... then alex's automatism will pick it 
> up and do the final optimizations for both tofino1 and tofino2, then we'll 
> get a pull request with the new numbers... after accepting that, alex's 
> caches will start prebuilding with the new binaries...
> it should not take more than a day... i'll keep you posted...
>
> br,
> cs
>
>
>
>
> On 2/6/23 22:30, Marcos Felipe Schwarz wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > There has been more than one occasion where I needed to stitch point to point 
> > L2 circuit through a GP4L Tofino/FreeRtr device. Which is a service commonly 
> > used by AutoGOLE/SENSE.
> > The current profile doesn   t support BRIDGE, so I   d like to request, what 
> > is the feasebility to add it on the GEANT_TESTBED profile?
> >
> > The idea is to provide different services simultaneously including, either:
> > 1) L3 VPNs supporting Source Based Routing (i.e. using PolKA tunnels steared 
> > by PBR rules)     Supported currently
> >
> > 2) L2 Point to Point VPN (i.e bridge between two vlan subport including a 
> > management IP)     Not yet supported
> >
> > Regards,
> >
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