No, the point is to find if there are any known issues with the hardware or device drivers that present themselves across all Linux distros.
On 7/21/10 8:55 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > Why take it over to another list? The point of this conversation is to > prove that AstLinux can manage this config. > > However, in talking about the asterisk mailing list you've given me an > idea. I should try regular Linux/Asterisk (rather than the uC special > AstLinux build) on this hardware to see if I get any improvements. > > Mark > > On 07/21/2010 09:07 PM, Philip Prindeville wrote: >> First, I'd take this conversation over to the asterisk mailing list. >> >> But what's strange is that most TDM chips include an HDLC framer (or even >> two), so the framing is done in hardware, and high CPU usage should not >> cause framing errors unless the card (or driver) has a serious design flaw. >> >> -Philip >> >> >> On 7/21/10 4:56 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: >>> If I limit the calls to 2 every 5s and no more than 8 calls I can >>> exercise the card reliably. >>> >>> If I up that to 9 calls I start to get HDLC errors and if I do 10 calls >>> the entire span takes a dump and restarts. >>> >>> The processor on the 5501 becomes too hot to touch at this point (I'm >>> running with the cover off) and TOP claims a CPU of 45%. >>> >>> I'm pretty much decided that this hardware combination cannot handle a >>> great deal of call traffic but I'm gonna try and add a small passive >>> heat sink to the CPU to see if that makes a difference. >>> >>> Next stop is an Atom at 1.6ghz >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> On 07/21/2010 05:17 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: >>>> No idea. It's also not carried by Digium any more. They have the TE120P >>>> out now and even that's on an EOL notice. >>>> >>>> However, the card is still sold by many "dealers" for around $130. >>>> >>>> I found somebody whom had tested a 4801 running FreeBSD with a TE110P >>>> and Asterisk. He was only able to get 2 concurrent calls over the T1. >>>> >>>> With double the processor speed I guess I should consider myself lucky >>>> that I can get 10 calls. In theory I should only get 4. >>>> >>>> I'm getting an A101U some time next week so will try that. It's current >>>> owner claims to have only managed 2 calls with it on a 5501-70. >>>> >>>> I'll keep you posted. >>>> >>>> Mark >>>> >>>> On 07/20/2010 11:20 PM, Matt Riddell wrote: >>>>> On 17/07/10 2:52 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Is the TE110P card one of the recent voicebus cards? The latest DAHDI >>>>> drivers allow for changing the interrupt rate on the fly which may help >>>>> too. >>>>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [email protected].
