On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 06:16:06AM -0500, Alexander Burke wrote: > Hello, Steve! > At 03:55 AM 02/21/2006, you wrote: > >ztdummy was only used for timing. Linux 2.6 provides this function in > >the kernel and I assume Solaris already has timing functions there. > Page 36 of Asterisk: The Future Of Telephony > (O'Reilly Press) states that you either require a > Digium PCI card to provide clocking, or ztdummy > if you "lack the PCI hardware required to provide > timing". It goes on to mention that a UHCI USB > controller was required pre-2.6 but now that > there's a 1kHz clocking source in the kernel, > ztdummy will attach to that instead, thus > eliminating the requirement for the UHCI USB controller. > While it doesn't explicity say so, it seems to > very strongly imply that either a PCI card or > ztdummy are *required* for some Asterisk > functionality (namely music-on-hold and > conferencing, apparently). Is this actually not the case?
OK, that's not what I inferred - but you could be right? Is there a definative answer on this, or I'll have to go and re-install a test system ;) Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44-(0)7775 755503 UK +44-(0)20 79932612 / US +1-(310)8577715 / Fax +44-(0)20 7483 2455 Skype/GoogleTalk/AIM/Gizmo stevekennedyuk / MSN [EMAIL PROTECTED] Euro Tech News Blog http://eurotechnews.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
