Jason You make a good point. However, until every old telcom person out there keels over, people will want to know the timing source. Some platforms may or may not have a good system timer and thus neet the ZtDummy.
Andrew On 12/28/05, Jason DiCioccio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Based on the initial response, I should probably clarify what I'm asking. > I know that some applications, as asterisk is developed now, require a > zaptel timing source. However, is this requirement necessary? Would > certain platforms, if asterisk was written to accept it, be able to handle > everything fine without the zaptel timing requirement? My understand of > the issue is that older versions of Linux had an inaccurate real-time > clock. I also understand that this has since been fixed? And that BSD > does not have the issue? So does this extra driver really need to be > required on all platforms? Or just the ones with the broken RTC? > > Basically, I'm not asking if asterisk as it is today requires ztdummy. > I'm asking if the requirement is necessary. > > Thanks! > -JD- > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Dev mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-dev > -- --- Andrew Latham - AKA: LATHAMA (lay-th-ham-eh) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] If any of the above are down we have bigger problems than my email! --- _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Dev mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-dev
