[Arm-netbook] EOMA68 switch / NAS

[luke.leighton]

On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 7:59 PM, Justin Cormack
<justin at specialbusservice.com> wrote:
>
> On 30 Jul 2013 17:59, "luke.leighton" <luke.leighton at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Arokux X <arokux at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > maybe this will be interesting in this thread:
>> >
>> >
>> > http://www.micrel.com/index.php/en/products/lan-solutions/arm-based-ethernet-soc.html
>>
>>  thanks arokux.  pci, 2x usb, and there's one with 5 10/100 ports.
>> which reminds me of one of the other requirements: auto-sensing
>> (reverse-cables) which is normal for gigabit but not so common for
>> 10/100.
>>
>>  but... i think... the complexity of connecting 2 SoCs together, it's
>> too much - i think i will go with a plain (dumb) switch IC.  one
>> advantage to use an actual arm-based SoC like that, it has USB client
>> which would make things much much easier, but even so, it's still a
>> hell of a complex software job coordinating 2 SoCs.
>>
>>  what's peoples' feeling about this?
>
> A dumb switch is very limiting if you eg want to add vlans or firewalling to
> individual ports.

 i meant "dumb as in not having a full CPU" not "dumb as in not being
able to do vlans or firewalling".  that switch IC mentioned earlier is
"dumb as in not a full CPU" yet can do vlans and firewalling.

 l.