<div dir="ltr">Well, I do not know if it is fq_codel capable. A lot of folk have been missing on adding in BQL support of late, and as to whether it has the horsepower to do SQM at these rates is undetermined - I have generally felt gobs of cache were required to do soft rate shaping. <div><br></div><div>Secondly, you can always add a 3rd ethernet port via usb nowadays.</div><div><br></div><div>As for heat, unknown. I am happy to see risc-v becoming ever more capable, I do keep hoping we will see a wifi chip built around it. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 9:09 AM Michael Richardson <<a href="mailto:mcr@sandelman.ca">mcr@sandelman.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Dave Taht via Cerowrt-devel <<a href="mailto:cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net" target="_blank">cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> <a href="https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/05/06/lichee-pi-4a-risc-v-sbc-raspberry-pi-4-th1520-processor/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/05/06/lichee-pi-4a-risc-v-sbc-raspberry-pi-4-th1520-processor/</a><br>
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} Sipeed has just started taking orders for the Lichee Pi 4A (8GB RAM + 8GB<br>
} flash) for $119.00 on Aliexpress, and the 16GB RAM version is scheduled for<br>
} next month. Additional information can be found on the product page.<br>
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It's quite a lot of computer. The price is not great, but if it's a Gb/s<br>
fq_codel box you want, then it's probably fine. I don't really like the<br>
small form factor as a home router, btw: the cables will be heavier than the<br>
box, and it will all fall on the floor behind the TV, where it will gather<br>
dust :-)<br>
I'd want a big hunk of steel that would stay where I put it, and I'm okay if it<br>
also dissipates some heat.<br>
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Five years ago, I built a dozen OrangePIZero's with two extra USB ethernets<br>
in a 3D printed box. So, a total of three ethernets. I meant to build a<br>
hundred of them. The most complex topology one can build with two ethernets<br>
is a circle. Three ethernets opens one up to all sorts of trees, etc.<br>
This was for RFC8994 testing. So I continue to look for ~$20 boxes that<br>
could easily do more than two ethernets. I don't need high speed, but it's<br>
nice to have. I do need auto-MDX, which GbE PHYs all offer. One reason I<br>
didn't proceed was that I still haven't gotten beyond what I can do in<br>
VMs. (i.e. my software is not ready)<br>
At the time, OpenWRT did not do well with the various switch-port extensions<br>
that got one 4-5 ethernets: they were will custom jobs, but now they are<br>
mostly all do DSA, so a 12-port Zyxel would seem to satisfy my needs.<br>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Podcast: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7058793910227111937/" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7058793910227111937/</a></div><div>Dave Täht CSO, LibreQos<br></div></div></div>