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<img align="right" src="doc/text3134.png" alt="Infix Linux Networking Made Easy">
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Infix is an embedded Linux Network Operating System (NOS)
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based on [Buildroot][1], [Finit][2], and [ifupdown-ng][3].
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See the [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/kernelkit/infix/releases)
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page for out pre-built images. The *Latest Build* has the bleeding edge
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images, if possible we recommend using a versioned release.
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> Login with user 'root', no password by default on plain builds. See
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> the online `help` command for an introduction to the system.
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Hardware
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--------
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### aarch64
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By default, Infix builds with support for the following boards (you
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may enable additional boards in the config, of course):
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- Marvell CN9130 CRB
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- Marvell EspressoBIN
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- Microchip SparX-5i PCB135 (eMMC)
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See the aarch64 specific [documentation](board/aarch64/README.md) for more
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information.
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### amd64
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Primarily intended to be run under [QEMU][] for development & test as
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well as evaluation, demo and [training][] purposes, e.g. using [GNS3][].
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QEMU
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----
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A virtualized instance can easily be launched from a Linux system, with
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Qemu installed, by issuing `make run`.
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Some settings, e.g. networking, can be configured via `make menuconfig`
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under `External options -> QEMU virtualization`.
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GNS3
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----
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Download the [latest build][0] of amd64, unpack in a dedicated directory
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and use ["Import Appliance"][9] to install the `.gns3a` file into GNS3.
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Infix will show up in the "Router" category, it has 10 interfaces
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available by default for use as switch ports or routing.
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Origin & Licensing
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------------------
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Infix is entirely built on Open Source components (packages). Most of
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them, as well as the build system with its helper scripts and tools, is
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from [Buiildroot][1], which is distributed under the terms of the GNU
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General Public License (GPL). See the file COPYING for details.
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Some files in Buildroot contain a different license statement. Those
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files are licensed under the license contained in the file itself.
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Buildroot and Infix also bundle patch files, which are applied to the
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sources of the various packages. Those patches are not covered by the
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license of Buildroot or Infix. Instead, they are covered by the license
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of the software to which the patches are applied. When said software is
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available under multiple licenses, the patches are only provided under
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the publicly accessible licenses.
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Infix releases include the license information covering all Open Source
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packages. This is extracted automatically at build time using the tool
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`make legal-info`. Any proprietary software built on top of Infix, or
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Buildroot, would need separate auditing to ensure it does not link with
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any GPL[^1] licensed library.
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[^1] Infix builds use the GNU libc (GLIBC) which is covered by the
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[LGPL][4]. The LGPL *does allow* proprietary software, as long as
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said software is linking dynamically, [not statically][5], to GLIBC.
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[0]: https://github.com/kernelkit/infix/releases/tag/latest
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[1]: https://buildroot.org/
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[2]: https://github.com/troglobit/finit
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[3]: https://github.com/ifupdown-ng/ifupdown-ng
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[4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License
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[5]: https://lwn.net/Articles/117972/
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[9]: https://docs.gns3.com/docs/using-gns3/beginners/import-gns3-appliance/
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[QEMU]: https://www.qemu.org/
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[GNS3]: https://gns3.com/
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[training]: https://addiva-elektronik.github.io/
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