[Cerowrt-devel] a smart SFP

2022-01-13 Thread Dave Taht
running linux, of course. https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/smart-sfp-linux-inside -- I tried to build a better future, a few times: https://wayforward.archive.org/?site=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.icei.org Dave Täht CEO, TekLibre, LLC ___ Cerowrt-devel mailing l

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] a smart SFP

2022-01-13 Thread Sebastian Moeller
That is similar to what happens in some GPON-ONT SFPs, some run a full small Linux distribution like OpenWrt inside though for ethernet that is unexpected. This is also similar to SFP VDSL "modems" which likely run their own embedded OS as well inside the SFP package (at a time there was eve

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] a smart SFP

2022-01-13 Thread Dave Taht
And a gpon onu https://www.fs.com/products/133619.html On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 6:23 AM Sebastian Moeller wrote: > > That is similar to what happens in some GPON-ONT SFPs, some run a full small > Linux distribution like OpenWrt inside though for ethernet that is > unexpected. > This is also

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] a smart SFP

2022-01-13 Thread Sebastian Moeller
Yes sorry, in GPON you have the unit at the telco side, often called OLT (optical line termination/terminal or similar, which feeds the whole segment of up to ~128 remote terminals and receives data from all) the passive splitter (if any) and the remote customer units that are called either ONU

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] a smart SFP

2022-01-13 Thread Dave Taht
yes, well, I dislike intensely the implications of not-so-intelligently splitting those 128 terminals is, and was pleased to see there was support at least, for hardware flow control on the uplink side in the spec. Since we've fixed dsl, cable, and wifi, getting gpon more right has increasingly bee

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] a smart SFP

2022-01-13 Thread Sebastian Moeller
Hi Dave, > On Jan 13, 2022, at 16:28, Dave Taht wrote: > > yes, well, I dislike intensely the implications of > not-so-intelligently splitting those 128 terminals is, and was pleased > to see there was support Nobody in their right mind is going to hook up 128 terminalt to one OLT por

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] a smart SFP

2022-01-13 Thread Sebastian Moeller
Hi Dave, this thread https://www.computerbase.de/forum/threads/eigenes-modem-an-ftth-anschluss-via-sfp-gpon-modul.2061989/ (in German) has some instructions how to get root on one type of SFP ONU... (I was monitoring that thread for general interest, turns out the intel falcon plattform seems

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] a smart SFP

2022-01-13 Thread Dave Taht
On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 7:57 AM Sebastian Moeller wrote: > > Hi Dave, > > > this thread > https://www.computerbase.de/forum/threads/eigenes-modem-an-ftth-anschluss-via-sfp-gpon-modul.2061989/ > (in German) has some instructions how to get root on one type of SFP ONU... > (I was monitoring that

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] a smart SFP

2022-01-13 Thread Sebastian Moeller
Hi Dave, > On Jan 13, 2022, at 16:59, Dave Taht wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 7:57 AM Sebastian Moeller wrote: >> >> Hi Dave, >> >> >> this thread >> https://www.computerbase.de/forum/threads/eigenes-modem-an-ftth-anschluss-via-sfp-gpon-modul.2061989/ >> (in German) has some instruc