I'm saying that no matter how loaded, a T1 card with a dedicated hardware 
framer should never generate HDLC framing errors.

So the hardware and/or device drivers are suspect, and I'd start there.


On 7/22/10 5:06 AM, Mark Phillips wrote:
> That might be your understanding but that's not what I'm doing.
>
> On 07/21/2010 11:05 PM, Philip Prindeville wrote:
>>     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.
>>>>>>>
>>


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