This is the io wait figure from vmstat. If I run a vmstat 2 whilst I'm on a call I can see that the "wa" figure gets very high when the missing audio problem occurs.
Steve -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Fredrickson Sent: 08 June 2007 19:38 To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Bridged PRI calls - processor involvement? iowait time? I'm not familiar with that. Where are you seeing that? Also, is it a reproducible problem? --- Matthew Fredrickson Software Engineer Digium, Inc. On Jun 8, 2007, at 11:23 AM, Steve Hanselman wrote: > It probably did but we run in updates every week and nobody can state > exactly when the problem started only "a few weeks ago" - not very > helpful. > > I can see that when I hear the issue the iowait time is high on the > processor. > > Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew > Fredrickson > Sent: 08 June 2007 15:43 > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Bridged PRI calls - processor > involvement? > > Did it accompany an update you made? If you can find out what version > the problem started occurring, that would help in fixing the problem. > > Matthew Fredrickson > Software/Hardware Engineer > Digium, Inc. > > On Jun 8, 2007, at 2:59 AM, Steve Hanselman wrote: > >> The setup. >> >> Asterisk is on a 3G Zeon Dell 2850 running Fedora Core 5/6 (all yum >> updates applied), the TE410 lives on it's own interrupt. >> Asterisk sits between our telco and a PRI enabled PBX. >> These are the relevant versions installed: >> >> Linux: 2.6.20-1.2316.fc5smp >> Zaptel: 1:1.4.2.1-34.fc5 >> Asterisk: 1:1.4.0-34.fc5.at >> Libpri: 1:1.4.0-16.fc5.at >> Wildcard details: >> Found TE4XXP at base address fe3ffc00, remapped to f88bec00 >> TE4XXP version c01a016a, burst OFF, slip debug: OFF >> Octasic optimized! >> FALC version: 00000005, Board ID: 00 >> Reg 0: 0x377bb400 >> Reg 1: 0x377bb000 >> Reg 2: 0xffffffff >> Reg 3: 0x00000000 >> Reg 4: 0x00000001 >> Reg 5: 0x00000000 >> Reg 6: 0xc01a016a >> Reg 7: 0x00001f00 >> Reg 8: 0x00000000 >> Reg 9: 0x00ff0000 >> Reg 10: 0x0000004a >> TTE4XXP: Launching card: 0 >> TE4XXP: Setting up global serial parameters >> Found a Wildcard: Wildcard TE410P (3rd Gen) >> TE4XXP: Span 1 configured for CCS/HDB3/CRC4 >> TE4XXP: Span 2 configured for CCS/HDB3/CRC4 >> >> >> >> The problem: >> >> At random points during calls we lose 1-3 seconds of speech (both ways >> both callee and caller), this can be replicated (or at least a very >> good >> approximation!) by generating a high level of interrupt/cpu activity >> (for instance copying data from a USB caddy as we tried the other day >> in >> an attempt to reproduce this more reliably). >> >> The calls are bridged PRI:PRI calls, no VOIP involvement. >> >> This was not a problem until approx 3-4 weeks ago, but I can't tie it >> down to an exact date. >> >> Steve >> >> >>> Interrupt sharing is not a problem anymore with those cards. 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