Recently, Broadcom has opensourced API for their network switching asic as part of OpenNSL project. I tried to dig little deep into what it really means and this blog is a result of that.

What is really Opensourced?

Following picture from Broadcom OpenNSL project clearly illustrates this:

Following are some notes:

• OpenNSL is a layer on top of Broadcom SDK. Broadcom SDK is not opensourced, only the OpenNSL layer is opensourced.

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