[Asterisk-Dev] Re: ztdummy? is it necessary?

2005-12-28 Thread Jason DiCioccio
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

RE: [Asterisk-Dev] Re: ztdummy? is it necessary?

2005-12-28 Thread Dan Austin
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

Re: [Asterisk-Dev] Re: ztdummy? is it necessary?

2005-12-28 Thread Andrew Latham
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

RE: [Asterisk-Dev] Re: ztdummy? is it necessary?

2005-12-28 Thread Jason DiCioccio
Yes and no. Recent advances in Linux (RT patches, Hi-Res timers) that are approaching a merge to the mainline kernel raise the possibility that timing could be migrated to the core of Asterisk. This would be great in my mind.. On the other hand, if you have a hardware timer, you might

RE: [Asterisk-Dev] Re: ztdummy? is it necessary?

2005-12-28 Thread Steven Critchfield
On Wed, 2005-12-28 at 14:04 -0500, Jason DiCioccio wrote: My understanding is that on OS's other than Linux (FreeBSD, for example), the support is there right now for this, but instead of having asterisk support these native timers directly, ztdummy was ported. Why wouldn't you just create a

Re: [Asterisk-Dev] Re: ztdummy? is it necessary?

2005-12-28 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 10:46:41AM -0800, Dan Austin wrote: Basically, I'm not asking if asterisk as it is today requires ztdummy. I'm asking if the requirement is necessary. Yes and no. Recent advances in Linux (RT patches, Hi-Res timers) that are approaching a merge to the mainline