The references were removed in 2018:

https://github.com/asterisk/dahdi-linux/commit/75620dd9ef6ac746745a1ecab4ef925a5b9e2988

> Am 05.06.2023 um 15:11 schrieb Lonnie Abelbeck <li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com>:
> 
> Hi Tahiro,
> 
> A quick look at the dahdi-linux code for the "wcb4xxp", the PCI-ids appear to 
> be defined here [1]
> 
> But my gut feeling, there may be more to it than simply adding a line to 
> DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE
> 
> Question, are Digium wcb4xxp ISDN cards available on the used market at a 
> reasonable price?
> 
> Lonnie
> 
> [1] 
> https://github.com/asterisk/dahdi-linux/blob/4397c55319154a8dc89022f6f75c683d6af12d54/drivers/dahdi/wcb4xxp/base.c#LL3642C1-L3651C3
> 
> 
> 
>> On Jun 5, 2023, at 2:51 AM, Tahiro Hashizume via Astlinux-users 
>> <astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Alright, I hope the attached TXT file clarifies the situation I am facing.
>> Looks to me like the driver in question does not have the necessary PCI-ID 
>> listed.
>> 
>> On Thu, Jun 1, 2023 at 4:33 PM Tahiro Hashizume <tah...@hashizumes.net> 
>> wrote:
>> Hi Michael,
>> 
>> The telephone service provided by the local telco (NTT East of Japan) is 
>> based on a very standard format (SIP+RTSP with SIP session timer of 300 
>> seconds) provided on a closed network over fiber.
>> Yet I still consider the interfacing of asterisk with the local telco via 
>> ISDN to be a valid option for the following reasons:
>> A.) The information required for SIP registration incl. account, domain and 
>> SIP server address(es) are provided via vendor-specific options of 
>> DHCPv4+DHCPv6-PD.
>> Given the format of the service (as mentioned above), direct-interfacing of 
>> asterisk with telco is no rocket science in principle, but doing so with 
>> some reliability is another thing.
>> While there is sip-proxy software (non-OSS) available for Linux which also 
>> functions as a DHCP client, I find it rather silly to use it.
>> B.)The local telco also requires that any non-hardware/non-certified 
>> IP-PBXes directly interfaced with their VoIP servers via IPv4/IPv6 to be 
>> inspected for security and compatibility. In terms of direct-interfacing 
>> asterisk with the telco, this means having asterisk config files checked by 
>> telco's engineers (AND THE INSPECTION COSTS A LOT!!!). The aforementioned 
>> sip-proxy is certified-compatible with the telco and effectively eliminates 
>> the need for inspection.
>> 
>> Given that B400P available through the local distributor is a 
>> telco-certified device and the telco also provides a ISDN gateway for the 
>> service (which has either two or four BRIs and ethernet), ISDN-interfacing 
>> of asterisk is a seemingly decent choice. Yes, it's a problem so easy to 
>> solve in principle but not so in reality.
>> 
>> Now, the card is listed in lspci, but is not visible from DAHDI utilities. 
>> My guess is that it's due to the PCI VID&PID of B400P that is not listed in 
>> "modinfo wcb4xxp". Documentation by OpenVox also says that a little patching 
>> is necessary, so things make sense overall.
>> 
>> I'll include the PID and VID with the next email should there be a demand 
>> for it.
>> 
>> Any comments and ideas are appreciated.
>> 
>> Tahiro
>> 
>> On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 6:38 PM Michael Keuter <li...@mksolutions.info> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> Am 29.05.2023 um 07:39 schrieb Tahiro Hashizume via Astlinux-users 
>>> <astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net>:
>>> 
>>> Dear whom it may concern.
>>> 
>>> I've recently got my hands on a OpenVox B400P ISDN BRI card.
>>> It seems that DAHDI included with Astlinux isn't built to support the card 
>>> and I'm now trying to figure out how to build the image with the support 
>>> included.
>>> It's been a while since I started fiddling with OSS and I have been fairly 
>>> comfortable building stuff from sources although I am not yet able to write 
>>> my own Makefile and so on.
>>> Any ideas on how I should get started?
>>> 
>>> P.S.-I have managed to build the toolchain and Astlinux image by default 
>>> config for Asterisk 18.x. 
>>> 
>>> Regards.
>> 
>> Hi Tahiro,
>> 
>> the only BRI driver in DAHDI is the WCB4XXP for 2-8 port HFS-chip cards.
>> 
>> https://doc.astlinux-project.org/userdoc:dahdi
>> 
>> So in principle this should work for your card:
>> 
>> DAHDIMODS="wcb4xxp dahdi_echocan_oslec"
>> 
>> I have switched all my ISDN based installations to berofix cards/boxes over 
>> 10 years ago.
>> And now none is still in production :-). 
>> 
>> Michael
>> 
>> http://www.mksolutions.info


Michael

http://www.mksolutions.info





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