Re: [Asterisk-Users] mini itx
On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 11:39:21AM -0500, jltaylor wrote: > I've seen the embedded posts. > Is anyone running Asterisk on the MINI ITX? Yes, no problems, I have an X100P in the PCI slot, but its only a single POTS line. I used the MII board, but only because thats what I had avaliable. Iain ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] mini itx
jltaylor wrote: I've seen the embedded posts. Is anyone running Asterisk on the MINI ITX? Not directly related, but I got OpenBSD to boot on a CF card , on my Soekris this weekend. Soekris is also selling units with the sangoma card as a daughterboard, might be a cheaper/quiter alternative to Mini ITX if you don't have to transcode. Matt -- Matt Gibson VOIP Director Voxip.ca A Division of NJ Tech Solutions Mobile: 1.613.868.9318 Tel: 1.314.480.4550 ex 6400 Toll Free: 1.888.999.4678 ex 6400 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: 1.613.761.1828 ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
RE: [Asterisk-Users] mini itx
It may not be enough horsepower... I'm looking for a "black box", with a PCI slot to put in a telco closet. Needs to be able to take the 4 port T1 card (pci slot) and do g729 for 50-60 calls. Any suggestions? James Taylor MetroTel 3505 Summerhill Road Suite 11 Texarkana, Tx 75503 903-793-1956 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Iain Young Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 12:24 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] mini itx On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 11:39:21AM -0500, jltaylor wrote: > I've seen the embedded posts. > Is anyone running Asterisk on the MINI ITX? Yes, no problems, I have an X100P in the PCI slot, but its only a single POTS line. I used the MII board, but only because thats what I had avaliable. Iain ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] mini itx
On Thursday 23 Jun 2005 17:39, jltaylor wrote: > I've seen the embedded posts. > Is anyone running Asterisk on the MINI ITX? Yes. 4BRI cards in 2 separate systems hosting 10 nodes. B ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] mini itx
I have a 3 GHz Mini ITX with 1 GB ram, I don't think it would be much of a feat to run Asterisk on it. In fact, that;'s my demo system, small, light, looks great and very fast. The only downside is the single pci slot, with a T1 card in there there no room for an additinal NIC. jltaylor wrote: I've seen the embedded posts. Is anyone running Asterisk on the MINI ITX? James Taylor MetroTel 3505 Summerhill Road Suite 11 Texarkana, Tx 75503 903-793-1956 ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- Chris Mason NetConcepts (264) 497-5670 Fax: (264) 497-8463 Int: (305) 704-7249 Fax: (815)301-9759 Cell: 264-235-5670 Yahoo IM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
RE: [Asterisk-Users] mini itx
Why everyone uses Epia only in mini-itx I still don't get since horsepower is pretty low for Epia once trans-coding starts... I would think that Mini-ITX Pentium M is the way to go... http://www.ibase-i.com.tw/mb890.htm Throw that in a mini-itx case and you get low power, low wattage high horsepower to boot... Has anyone spent any time using Pentium M and *? That would seem a more logical path for black box solutions... Thoughts? W -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Goddard Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 10:18 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] mini itx On Thursday 23 Jun 2005 17:39, jltaylor wrote: > I've seen the embedded posts. > Is anyone running Asterisk on the MINI ITX? Yes. 4BRI cards in 2 separate systems hosting 10 nodes. B ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] mini itx
I have used it. The biggest difficulty of the footprint is that the chip doesn't do IO-APIC-edge interrupt handling in linux so you end up having a real difficult time if you try to add additional devices (eg - zaptel cards, more nic cards, etc) and don't want to end up sharing interrupts with all of the on board stuff they've usually got jammed onto the boards already. On 6/23/05, jltaylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've seen the embedded posts. > Is anyone running Asterisk on the MINI ITX? > > James Taylor > MetroTel > 3505 Summerhill Road > Suite 11 > Texarkana, Tx 75503 > 903-793-1956 > > ___ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] mini itx
jltaylor wrote: It may not be enough horsepower... I'm looking for a "black box", with a PCI slot to put in a telco closet. Needs to be able to take the 4 port T1 card (pci slot) and do g729 for 50-60 calls. Any suggestions? A shuttle with a 3GHz CPU will do it without a problem. -- Chris Mason NetConcepts (264) 497-5670 Fax: (264) 497-8463 Int: (305) 704-7249 Fax: (815)301-9759 Cell: 264-235-5670 Yahoo IM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] mini itx
EPIA means low heat, noise, and long run times along with a smaller box. Personally I would shoot for the Transmeta ITX developer board and just pour clear acrylic over it to make a case. If every call that goes in and out of your Asterisk box is on the same codec and your voicemail is also recorded on that same codec than Asterisk just switches the calls like a Pentium 100 linux router switches packets. On 6/23/05, Wiley Siler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why everyone uses Epia only in mini-itx I still don't get since > horsepower is pretty low for Epia once trans-coding starts... > > I would think that Mini-ITX Pentium M is the way to go... > http://www.ibase-i.com.tw/mb890.htm > > Throw that in a mini-itx case and you get low power, low wattage high > horsepower to boot... > > Has anyone spent any time using Pentium M and *? > That would seem a more logical path for black box solutions... > > Thoughts? > > W > > > > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob > Goddard > Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 10:18 AM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] mini itx > > On Thursday 23 Jun 2005 17:39, jltaylor wrote: > > I've seen the embedded posts. > > Is anyone running Asterisk on the MINI ITX? > > Yes. 4BRI cards in 2 separate systems hosting 10 nodes. > > > B > ___ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > ___ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > -- Andrew Latham - AKA: LATHAMA (lay-th-ham-eh) WWW: http://lathama.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] If any of the above are down we have bigger problems than my email! ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
RE: [Asterisk-Users] mini itx
Epia is sweet in that regards but Pentium M is 27 watts full blast and as low as 5 watts as parts of the core shutdown. You get horsepower as well as low heat. W -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Latham Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 2:09 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] mini itx EPIA means low heat, noise, and long run times along with a smaller box. Personally I would shoot for the Transmeta ITX developer board and just pour clear acrylic over it to make a case. If every call that goes in and out of your Asterisk box is on the same codec and your voicemail is also recorded on that same codec than Asterisk just switches the calls like a Pentium 100 linux router switches packets. On 6/23/05, Wiley Siler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why everyone uses Epia only in mini-itx I still don't get since > horsepower is pretty low for Epia once trans-coding starts... > > I would think that Mini-ITX Pentium M is the way to go... > http://www.ibase-i.com.tw/mb890.htm > > Throw that in a mini-itx case and you get low power, low wattage high > horsepower to boot... > > Has anyone spent any time using Pentium M and *? > That would seem a more logical path for black box solutions... > > Thoughts? > > W > > > > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob > Goddard > Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 10:18 AM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] mini itx > > On Thursday 23 Jun 2005 17:39, jltaylor wrote: > > I've seen the embedded posts. > > Is anyone running Asterisk on the MINI ITX? > > Yes. 4BRI cards in 2 separate systems hosting 10 nodes. > > > B > ___ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > ___ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > -- Andrew Latham - AKA: LATHAMA (lay-th-ham-eh) WWW: http://lathama.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] If any of the above are down we have bigger problems than my email! ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] mini-ITX suggestions
On Fri, 2004-01-02 at 12:34, Gary Gapinski wrote: > Does anyone have recommendations for (or against) mini-ITX platforms to > be used with Wildcard X100P and TDM400P cards? > > I am considering the use of systems using VIA EPIA CL and Epia M as > small, quiet platforms on which to host Asterisk. It has been covered here before that those are i586 level chips, so be prepared for the actual horsepower you will get out of them. If you don't do much VoIP, it will probably be fine. I think there is even a person or 2 here already using them as thats why we know about the i586 problem. -- Steven Critchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
RE: [Asterisk-Users] mini-ITX suggestions
I believe that the newer versions of the EPIA platform (those with the "Nehemiah" version of the core) are actually i686 compliant. There is an article about EPIA & Linux at www.mini-itx.com that covers the specifics of dealing with the older boards, including a review of distros that are known to have issues. I played with an older EPIA (the 900 MHz i586 version) and found it to be weak in the VoIP department (given to hiccups, etc.) and effectively useless with the X100P since it only has one attached PCI slot (although it can be expanded to two using a riser card and some jumpers). If you do go with a Mini ITX, I would highly recommend using the newer 1 GHz+ Nehemiah boards. Just my .02 Steve > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven Critchfield > Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 12:47 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] mini-ITX suggestions > > On Fri, 2004-01-02 at 12:34, Gary Gapinski wrote: > > Does anyone have recommendations for (or against) mini-ITX platforms to > > be used with Wildcard X100P and TDM400P cards? > > > > I am considering the use of systems using VIA EPIA CL and Epia M as > > small, quiet platforms on which to host Asterisk. > > It has been covered here before that those are i586 level chips, so be > prepared for the actual horsepower you will get out of them. If you > don't do much VoIP, it will probably be fine. I think there is even a > person or 2 here already using them as thats why we know about the i586 > problem. > -- > Steven Critchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ___ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] mini-ITX suggestions
On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, Steven Critchfield wrote: > On Fri, 2004-01-02 at 12:34, Gary Gapinski wrote: > > Does anyone have recommendations for (or against) mini-ITX platforms to > > be used with Wildcard X100P and TDM400P cards? > > > > I am considering the use of systems using VIA EPIA CL and Epia M as > > small, quiet platforms on which to host Asterisk. > > It has been covered here before that those are i586 level chips, so be > prepared for the actual horsepower you will get out of them. If you > don't do much VoIP, it will probably be fine. I think there is even a > person or 2 here already using them as thats why we know about the i586 > problem. What about the newer chip (the Nehemiah)? I have an 800mhz version of the older system/core that's clearly i586 architecture doing some PVR stuff (I have a tuner card with mpeg encoding builtin, so the lack of horsepower is a non-issue), however I *believe* the newer Nehemiah core is i686 compatable. I do know they've added hardware RNG, SSE/SIMD extensions, and a full speed floating point unit to the processor. The motherboard also has an updated north/south bridge, utilizing PC2100/DDR266 RAM, comes with USB2.0 and firewire integrated, and moves from 1 ATA100 to 2 ATA133 channels. It'd sure be a waste to couple all of that nice hardware to an antiquated i586 chip. (and the best is a board+chip+case can be accomplished for around $200USD) Can anyone confirm if they've added what was necessary to bring the chip up to the i686 level? A brief overview of the new Nehemiah features can be seen at http://www.mini-itx.com/reviews/nehemiah/?page=3#s05 I'll have one of these machines in hand probably early next week, so maybe I can do some testing before I move it into the role of my new PVR (those damn trans-encodes from mpeg to streamable formats take too darn long on the 800! :) -Pat > -- > Steven Critchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ___ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] mini-ITX suggestions
We just got 1 Nehemiah in the office. Performance-wise it's pretty much a P3-class machine, IIRC the FPU is running at full clock speed compared to the 800MHz version. We do have problem booting a 686 optimized kernel on it. Can't install White Box Enterprise Linux (community distro based on RedHat Advance Server 3.0) but RH 8 works fine. The box we have takes 2 PCI cards beautifully, but no * yet. I'd * running on the 800MHz box. It's works fine as long as you're not using too much floating point (i.e. avoid compression/decompression on the box). My setup had one XP101 connected to one 1 DG104S MGCP gateway and one BATM MGCP gateway. Works pretty well without MOH (MP3=FPU). MeetMe works fine. I'd an early TDM400 hooked up to it for a while, but gave up because of the massive amount of PSU noise. YMMV. FYI. Patrick Cantwell wrote: On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, Steven Critchfield wrote: On Fri, 2004-01-02 at 12:34, Gary Gapinski wrote: Does anyone have recommendations for (or against) mini-ITX platforms to be used with Wildcard X100P and TDM400P cards? I am considering the use of systems using VIA EPIA CL and Epia M as small, quiet platforms on which to host Asterisk. It has been covered here before that those are i586 level chips, so be prepared for the actual horsepower you will get out of them. If you don't do much VoIP, it will probably be fine. I think there is even a person or 2 here already using them as thats why we know about the i586 problem. What about the newer chip (the Nehemiah)? I have an 800mhz version of the older system/core that's clearly i586 architecture doing some PVR stuff (I have a tuner card with mpeg encoding builtin, so the lack of horsepower is a non-issue), however I *believe* the newer Nehemiah core is i686 compatable. I do know they've added hardware RNG, SSE/SIMD extensions, and a full speed floating point unit to the processor. The motherboard also has an updated north/south bridge, utilizing PC2100/DDR266 RAM, comes with USB2.0 and firewire integrated, and moves from 1 ATA100 to 2 ATA133 channels. It'd sure be a waste to couple all of that nice hardware to an antiquated i586 chip. (and the best is a board+chip+case can be accomplished for around $200USD) Can anyone confirm if they've added what was necessary to bring the chip up to the i686 level? A brief overview of the new Nehemiah features can be seen at http://www.mini-itx.com/reviews/nehemiah/?page=3#s05 I'll have one of these machines in hand probably early next week, so maybe I can do some testing before I move it into the role of my new PVR (those damn trans-encodes from mpeg to streamable formats take too darn long on the 800! :) -Pat -- Steven Critchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] mini-ITX suggestions
http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=Asterisk+hardware+mini-itx New Wiki page on mini-itx with Leo Anne's comment added to it. Please help us collect experiences on Mini-itx configurations there. Seems to be a lot of interest in this hardware. /Olle ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Mini-ITX board + FXO PCI card?
I have built several mini-itx via systems, and they work fine with Asterisk. We use one with a dual port E1 card in our office as our phone system. PaulH On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 00:47 +0100, Vincent Delporte wrote: > Hello > > Before I order a Travla C156 case > (http://206.14.132.88/products/Travla/c156/C156.html), a Via mini-ITX > motherboard (either the fanless ME6000 > http://idotpc.com/TheStore/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=50&idproduct=4 or the > fan-equipped M1 > http://idotpc.com/TheStore/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=50&idproduct=163 ) , > and a PCI FXO card from Digium or OpenVox... has someone already built that > kind of box, and could tell me if it's powerful enough to power a small PBX? > > Thanks. > > ___ > --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 ___ --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
Re: [asterisk-users] Mini-ITX board + FXO PCI card?
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007, Vincent Delporte wrote: Hello Before I order a Travla C156 case (http://206.14.132.88/products/Travla/c156/C156.html), a Via mini-ITX motherboard (either the fanless ME6000 http://idotpc.com/TheStore/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=50&idproduct=4 or the fan-equipped M1 http://idotpc.com/TheStore/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=50&idproduct=163 ) , and a PCI FXO card from Digium or OpenVox... has someone already built that kind of box, and could tell me if it's powerful enough to power a small PBX? Check the processor spec. carefully. There are a few variants of the VIA processor and some have 64KB of cache and other 128KB. I've deployed several fanless CN1000 systems which have 128KB of cache, but my R&D system has an older (533MHz) processor with 64KB of cache. (All with TDM400 cards) The thing that will kill these boards is transcoding. Also make sure you compile asterisk for an i586 - the Via processors while looking like i686 are lacking some instructions that causes asterisk to code-dump at boot time. I have some VIA EK processor systems, 1GHz, 64KB cache with a fan which I use as routers (2 on-board ethernet ports) and I've never been able to get the fan to run at any time other than boot time, so if the boards you're looking at have fans, I'd guess they were connected the same way and only came on when they got hot, but I'd still go fanless (& diskless) if possible. Gordon ___ --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
Re: [asterisk-users] Mini-ITX board + FXO PCI card?
At 10:09 11/02/2007 -0500, Gordon Henderson wrote: Check the processor spec. carefully. [...] Also make sure you compile asterisk for an i586 OK, I'll make sure it has enough cache and I'll recompile the code myself. I'm thinking of getting an ML 8000 http://via.com.tw/en/products/mainboards/motherboards.jsp?motherboard_id=301 . At 10:09 11/02/2007 -0500, Manny A. Wise wrote: I did, and I was NOT happy with the results... Mini-itx have a serious problems with IRQ sharing... I am happily using a embeded system now, but the FXO and FXS have to be external. Those boards only come with one PCI slot. Do you mean it could share an IRQ with some embedded component like the video card? BTW, in this age of big USB drive, I don't really nee a DVD/CDRW combo. Does someone know if the Via motherboards (at least the ML series) supports booting off a USB drive, so I can use this to start Linux and fetch install files from an FTP server? Thank you. ___ --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
RE: [asterisk-users] Mini-ITX board + FXO PCI card?
We use a lot of mini-itx pc's, including the pCI slot. I don't think any of the systems have shared an irq with the PCI slot MD -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vincent Delporte Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 5:29 PM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Mini-ITX board + FXO PCI card? At 10:09 11/02/2007 -0500, Gordon Henderson wrote: >Check the processor spec. carefully. [...] Also make sure you compile >asterisk for an i586 OK, I'll make sure it has enough cache and I'll recompile the code myself. I'm thinking of getting an ML 8000 http://via.com.tw/en/products/mainboards/motherboards.jsp?motherboard_id=301 . At 10:09 11/02/2007 -0500, Manny A. Wise wrote: >I did, and I was NOT happy with the results... Mini-itx have a serious >problems with IRQ sharing... I am happily using a embeded system now, >but the FXO and FXS have to be external. Those boards only come with one PCI slot. Do you mean it could share an IRQ with some embedded component like the video card? BTW, in this age of big USB drive, I don't really nee a DVD/CDRW combo. Does someone know if the Via motherboards (at least the ML series) supports booting off a USB drive, so I can use this to start Linux and fetch install files from an FTP server? Thank you. ___ --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 ___ --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
Re: [asterisk-users] Mini-ITX board + FXO PCI card?
On Tue, 13 Feb 2007, Vincent Delporte wrote: At 10:09 11/02/2007 -0500, Gordon Henderson wrote: Check the processor spec. carefully. [...] Also make sure you compile asterisk for an i586 OK, I'll make sure it has enough cache and I'll recompile the code myself. I'm thinking of getting an ML 8000 http://via.com.tw/en/products/mainboards/motherboards.jsp?motherboard_id=301 . At 10:09 11/02/2007 -0500, Manny A. Wise wrote: I did, and I was NOT happy with the results... Mini-itx have a serious problems with IRQ sharing... I am happily using a embeded system now, but the FXO and FXS have to be external. Those boards only come with one PCI slot. Do you mean it could share an IRQ with some embedded component like the video card? On the CN1000 boards I'm using, the PCI slot seems tobe locked to IRQ10. The on-board USB hardware also seems to be wired to IRQ 10 )-: Using the BIOS to "reserve" IRQ 10 caused the on-board USB hardware to move to IRQ5 on the old VIA 533MHz boards I use for R&D, but not on the new CN1000 boards. You'll need to experiment with this on the EX board... So I disable the on-board USB device, and have a custom compiled kernel that doesn't include USB drivers. However, on a test board, I did leave USB enabled with a kernel that supproted USB just to test - an - well - it "just works" - however I only planned to use USB to perform an upgrade, so the times it would be in-use would be so minimal as to (hopefully) not have an issue. On an older 533MHz board: $ cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 0: 48124962 XT-PIC timer 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade 5: 0 XT-PIC uhci_hcd:usb1, uhci_hcd:usb2 7: 1 XT-PIC acpi 8: 4 XT-PIC rtc 11: 75120 XT-PIC eth0 12: 48084364 XT-PIC wctdm 14: 2763 XT-PIC ide0 15: 5373 XT-PIC ide1 NMI: 0 LOC: 0 ERR: 0 MIS: 0 $ /sbin/zttest Opened pseudo zap interface, measuring accuracy... ... --- Results after 42 passes --- Best: 100.00 -- Worst: 99.987793 -- Average: 99.995350 BTW, in this age of big USB drive, I don't really nee a DVD/CDRW combo. Does someone know if the Via motherboards (at least the ML series) supports booting off a USB drive, so I can use this to start Linux and fetch install files from an FTP server? I've not tried it (I boot them off a flash IDE device I create on a host system), but can't you just temporarily plug in a CD drive to do the install (onto a local IDE/SATA drive) then unplug it & put the lid back on? Thats how I build some of my servers... (Although the CD drive is an IDE drive these days for speed...) Gordon ___ --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
Re: [asterisk-users] Mini-ITX board + FXO PCI card?
At 10:09 11/02/2007 -0500, Michelle Dupuis Henderson wrote: We use a lot of mini-itx pc's, including the pCI slot. I don't think any of the systems have shared an irq with the PCI slot Thanks for the tip. In that case, I have a couple of questions for you :-) 1. The smallest mini-ITX case I found that accepts a PCI card is the Travla C138: If you used a mini-ITX with a Digium TDM400P, do you know if it fits? I didn't find its width, and apparently, the C138 will not accept a PCI card bigger than 17,52cm. 2. Can the Via motherboards boot from a USB drive, so I can install Linux from this and fetch the install files from an FTP server? Thanks. ___ --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
RE: [asterisk-users] Mini-ITX board + FXO PCI card?
I don't know that case - but I would suspect so. Yes on booting from a USB drive/memory stick - we setup the same way. MD -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vincent Delporte Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 9:12 PM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Mini-ITX board + FXO PCI card? At 10:09 11/02/2007 -0500, Michelle Dupuis Henderson wrote: >We use a lot of mini-itx pc's, including the pCI slot. I don't think >any of the systems have shared an irq with the PCI slot Thanks for the tip. In that case, I have a couple of questions for you :-) 1. The smallest mini-ITX case I found that accepts a PCI card is the Travla C138: If you used a mini-ITX with a Digium TDM400P, do you know if it fits? I didn't find its width, and apparently, the C138 will not accept a PCI card bigger than 17,52cm. 2. Can the Via motherboards boot from a USB drive, so I can install Linux from this and fetch the install files from an FTP server? Thanks. ___ --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 ___ --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
Re: [asterisk-users] Mini-ITX board + FXO PCI card?
At 10:09 11/02/2007 -0500, Gordon Henderson wrote: On the CN1000 boards I'm using, the PCI slot seems tobe locked to IRQ10. The on-board USB hardware also seems to be wired to IRQ 10 :-) Using the BIOS to "reserve" IRQ 10 caused the on-board USB hardware to move to IRQ5 on the old VIA 533MHz boards I use for R&D, but not on the new CN1000 boards. You'll need to experiment with this on the EX board... Thanks a lot for the feedback. I'll probably get an ML8000, so hopefully the PCI board can have its own IRQ. I've not tried it (I boot them off a flash IDE device I create on a host system), but can't you just temporarily plug in a CD drive to do the install (onto a local IDE/SATA drive) then unplug it & put the lid back on? Right, I hadn't thought of this. Guess that solves the issue then. Looks like the only site that sells the Travla 138 is www.caseoutlet.com . Thanks. ___ --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
Re: [asterisk-users] Mini-ITX board + FXO PCI card?
1. The smallest mini-ITX case I found that accepts a PCI card is the Travla C138: If you used a mini-ITX with a Digium TDM400P, do you know if it fits? I didn't find its width, and apparently, the C138 will not accept a PCI card bigger than 17,52cm. The C137 can fit 2 TDM400P with the right riser. Leo ___ --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
Re: [asterisk-users] Mini-ITX board + FXO PCI card?
At 10:09 11/02/2007 -0500, Michelle Dupuis Henderson wrote: Yes on booting from a USB drive/memory stick - we setup the same way. Thanks for the tip. ___ --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
Re: [asterisk-users] Mini-ITX board + FXO PCI card?
Vincent Delporte a écrit : At 10:09 11/02/2007 -0500, Michelle Dupuis Henderson wrote: We use a lot of mini-itx pc's, including the pCI slot. I don't think any of the systems have shared an irq with the PCI slot Thanks for the tip. In that case, I have a couple of questions for you :-) 1. The smallest mini-ITX case I found that accepts a PCI card is the Travla C138: If you used a mini-ITX with a Digium TDM400P, do you know if it fits? I didn't find its width, and apparently, the C138 will not accept a PCI card bigger than 17,52cm. I'm using these cases for my Mini-TX projects: http://www.emko.cz/emko_en/produkty/skrine/miniitx/em-141.html A TDM400P fits nicely. 2. Can the Via motherboards boot from a USB drive, so I can install Linux from this and fetch the install files from an FTP server? Yes, they also boot from USB CDROM, and directly from LAN (PXE). Regards, -- Jean-Denis Girard SysNux Systèmes Linux en Polynésie française http://www.sysnux.pf/ Tél: +689 483 527 / GSM: +689 797 527 ___ --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
Re: [asterisk-users] Mini-ITX board + FXO PCI card?
Hello, Am Donnerstag, den 15.02.2007, 10:55 +0800 schrieb Leo Ann Boon: > > > > 1. The smallest mini-ITX case I found that accepts a PCI card is the > > Travla C138: If you used a mini-ITX with a Digium TDM400P, do you know > > if it fits? I didn't find its width, and apparently, the C138 will not > > accept a PCI card bigger than 17,52cm. > The C137 can fit 2 TDM400P with the right riser. If You are using the riser card, there will be shared interrupts. The two slots of the riser card are using the same IRQ AFAIK. Karsten ___ --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
Re: [asterisk-users] Mini-ITX board + FXO PCI card?
Karsten Wemheuer wrote: Hello, Am Donnerstag, den 15.02.2007, 10:55 +0800 schrieb Leo Ann Boon: 1. The smallest mini-ITX case I found that accepts a PCI card is the Travla C138: If you used a mini-ITX with a Digium TDM400P, do you know if it fits? I didn't find its width, and apparently, the C138 will not accept a PCI card bigger than 17,52cm. The C137 can fit 2 TDM400P with the right riser. If You are using the riser card, there will be shared interrupts. The two slots of the riser card are using the same IRQ AFAIK. You can get risers that don't share interrupts, need to ask the vendor. Yes, I did remember the first batch we got had shared interrupts. Leo ___ --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
