asterisk users - Sep 2004 - zaphfc crashes Linux

Hi all,

I'm having serious problem getting zaphfc to work on my box. I d/l'd 
bri-stuff-0.1.0RC3/RC4a and followed the instructions to the dot. 
Everything builds fine. But, when 'make load' the whole machine will 
freeze. Anyone had the same problem and managed to solve it? I'm using a 
Billion HFC PCI card on Trustix 2.0 running kernel 2.4.26.

As a side note, I feel that the bri-stuff is too brittle. For starters, 
it doesn't work with * 1.0RC2 and I've a feeling it won't work with
1.0
final as well. Perhaps the community has to coerce kapejod to get 
bri-stuff work with mainstream * versions? Just my $0.02.

Cheers and TIA.

Leo

Hi,

I'm not sure where you come from... but asking for help and ranting 
about something is usually the wrong way around... and therefore I will 
just point you to the wiki and go help yourself.

Too brittle? It won't work with final... look you probably just came 
looking around the corner and have no clue what this is about. It is 
open source... you can fix it YOURSELF. Klaus Peter has released up to 
date versions of bri-stuff, and followed Mark's development plans, by 
switching back to cvs-head at some point. And ofcourse he will use 
stable/final again when it is released...

As you might understand... or maybe not cause your writing seems pretty 
short sighted... bri-stuff is being maintained by someone who has no 
interest in dealing with day-to-day changes in Asterisk that cause 
trouble... It's a matter of a known working 
Asterisk/Zaptel/Libpri/Bristuff combination at some point in time... I 
dare you to look at the patch and see how much it touches... and for 
example... look at the switch from stable to head... that was a major 
operation.

To make a long story short... Klaus Peter has been keeping bri-stuff up 
to date, which is not always easy/straight forward, and implemented a 
huge amount of functionality... And is planning alot more... which will 
come in very handy in making it popular especially in the European market.

As you might know... a pbx is pretty often a critical piece of your 
office, so blindly running on cvs head is really stupid... therefor it 
is only sensible that bri-stuff uses a certain version which is known to 
work. And if you don't like it... do it yourself, or come up with the 
money to fund that kind of customisation.

</rant-in-the-early-morning-after-half-a-cup-of-old-coffee>

Michael

Leo Ann Boon wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm having serious problem getting zaphfc to work on my box. I
d/l'd
> bri-stuff-0.1.0RC3/RC4a and followed the instructions to the dot. 
> Everything builds fine. But, when 'make load' the whole machine
will
> freeze. Anyone had the same problem and managed to solve it? I'm using 
> a Billion HFC PCI card on Trustix 2.0 running kernel 2.4.26.
>
> As a side note, I feel that the bri-stuff is too brittle. For 
> starters, it doesn't work with * 1.0RC2 and I've a feeling it
won't
> work with 1.0 final as well. Perhaps the community has to coerce 
> kapejod to get bri-stuff work with mainstream * versions? Just my $0.02.
>
> Cheers and TIA.
>
> Leo
>
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I have to disagree with a lot of your statements:

Leo Ann Boon wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm having serious problem getting zaphfc to work on my box. I
d/l'd
> bri-stuff-0.1.0RC3/RC4a and followed the instructions to the dot. 
> Everything builds fine. But, when 'make load' the whole machine
will
> freeze. Anyone had the same problem and managed to solve it? I'm using 
> a Billion HFC PCI card on Trustix 2.0 running kernel 2.4.26.
We are running bri-stuff in production systems here in Europe.  It is 
rock solid under RH9.  I am also running it at home with 1 Billion and 2 
Asustek cards in the one P400ish machine..  It has its quirks, as does 
Asterisk overall.
Perhaps your post should have read 'I am having difficulty getting 
bri-stuff to work.  Can anyone please advise me on what I am doing wrong?'
>
> As a side note, I feel that the bri-stuff is too brittle. For 
> starters, it doesn't work with * 1.0RC2 and I've a feeling it
won't
> work with 1.0 final as well. Perhaps the community has to coerce 
> kapejod to get bri-stuff work with mainstream * versions? Just my $0.02.
>
As regards coercing kapejod, he doesn't need coercion!  He has put a 
huge amount of effort getting his patches working on regular snapshots 
of Asterisk CVS HEAD.  The reason he will not sign the disclaimer is for 
legal reasons relating to the disclaimer that Digium requires.  If 
Digium dispensed with the disclaimer that basically says 'this is open 
source but we want the right to sell it if we want to' then I think 
Kapejod would have integrated his patches long ago.  I suggest you 
hassle Digium on this one.

Now, if you rephrase your posting, perhaps we can help you get it working!

Rgds
Tim