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		stephen_g on Sept 27, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Teaching a cheap ethernet switch new tricks (2019) I don’t think there are any DSA drivers for Broadcom switch ICs (like the one in the device in the article) though? At least not in mainline last time I checked… EDIT: No, actually, I was mistaken - there is one Broadcom series supported now I look again, BCM53xx, of which the one in the article does indeed appear to be. Looks like since the 4.8 kernel though, so not in the 4.4 kernel that comes with the device.

josteink on Sept 27, 2021 [–]

OpenWRT 21.02 supports DSA for select devices OOB (replaces swconf) and ships with a really recent 5.4 Linux kernel for all supported devices.

So going for a cheap, 2nd hand router supported by OpenWRT is probably the easiest and cheapest way there.

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