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Hi Nolan, thank you for responding to my question. In my naivete I presumed support for the ASICs would end up in the Linux kernel or at least made available du

by hhw 12y ago

Hi Nolan, thank you for responding to my question. In my naivete I presumed support for the ASICs would end up in the Linux kernel or at least made available due to GPL requirements, but I now see another post mentioned you have a proprietary switching daemon, so I guess it extends a lot further than just driver support. Thanks for the link; I've seen similar pricing on the Quantas before, but only from obscure online retailers, who are often well below prices from more trustworthy sources. Would you recommend whiteboxswitch.com as a reliable source? I don't think the optics is a fair selling point however, as you can easily purchase 3rd party optics programmed to be Cisco, Juniper, etc. compatible. We currently buy Juniper coded SFP+ SR optics for <$25 from a distributor in China.

kijiki 12y ago
We've been working with the kernel folks on trying to get support for forwarding ASICs into the kernel, but it is probably going to take a while. For now, ASIC programming is done from userspace by a daemon we call "switchd", which observes changes in the kernel's state, and programs the hardware accordingly. whiteboxswitch.com is a fine option, though bm-switch.com seems to have lower web pricing at the moment. Most of our customers are concerned about support, and thus aren't interested in unsupported optics. I guess as long as Juniper doesn't find out... =)