[PATCH v2 3/3] realtek: add support for ZyXEL GS1900-8HP.

[Stijn Segers]

Hi,

Op woensdag 6 januari 2021 om 18:23 schreef Michael Richardson 
<mcr at sandelman.ca>:
> 
> Stijn Segers <foss at volatilesystems.org> wrote:
>     > Op woensdag 6 januari 2021 om 11u22 schreef Michael Richardson
>     > <mcr at sandelman.ca>:
>     >> The 1900-8/8HP are discontinued by ZyXEL, but the GS1900-16 
> and 24E seem to
>     >> still be in production.
> 
>     > How do you know? At least the 8 and 8HP are still being sold 
> (doesn't say
>     > anything
>     > about production). They aren't listed as discontinued on their 
> sit either,
>     > from
>     > what I can tell.
> 
> https://www.zyxelguard.com/GS1900-8HP.asp says so.      (was first 
> google hit)
> https://www.zyxel.com/us/en/products_services/8-10-16-24-48-port-GbE-Smart-Managed-Switch-GS1900-Series/specification
> does not say anything though.

That's not ZyXEL's own website but a reseller. They list the 10HP as 
discontinued
as well, which is pretty weird given I bought it new a week ago here in 
Europe.

> I can find the GS1900-10HP on amazon still though.
> 
>     >> Do you think that they might be similar?
>     >> How is the switch function managed?  DSA?  or?
> 
>     > Realtek is a DSA target on OpenWrt. On my 10HP e.g. I have lan1 
> through lan10
>     > and
>     > a bridge interface for the LAN.
> 
> Cool, this is exactly the view that I'm looking for, as I need to do
> different L3 things on each interface.
> 
> I am acquring a device... so I'll be able to give you feedback on the 
> code.

Cool! What I'm doing is trivial though, compared to the people who 
actually ported the
target to OpenWrt. Check the forum thread for more info on that:

https://forum.openwrt.org/t/support-for-rtl838x-based-managed-switches/57875/

Cheers

Stijn

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