Kevin P. Fleming
2005-Oct-07 22:32 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] Digium G.729 codec modules updated
This evening I posted a new set of Digium G.729 codec modules to our FTP server and web site, for Linux x86 and x86-64 processors. They were built using GCC 4.0.1, and they now report the processor they were optimized for when they are loaded. The previous x86-64 module required a non-standard Asterisk binary configuration, so this was corrected. In addition, there was only a generic version available; now there are both Intel EM64T and AMD Opteron/Athlon-64 versions (and they do perform differently on their respective platforms). We previously had four 32-bit variants available; there are now nearly three times that many, covering every reasonably popular x86 variant (including Intel, AMD and Via). Operationally there is no difference; the only changes are additional optimizations and support for the 'astvardir' configuration option in asterisk.conf, so the codec will be able to locate the license file if you are not using /var/lib/asterisk as the storage location. Once I return from Astricon, we will use this new build system to produce FreeBSD modules for the same processor architectures, and also add PowerPC variations (for Linux, FreeBSD and Mac OS X).
On 10/08/05 13:32 Kevin P. Fleming said the following:> Once I return from Astricon, we will use this new build system to > produce FreeBSD modules for the same processor architectures, and alsothis is wonderful ! how long has it been since licensed g.729 codecs were available from digium for freebsd ? -- Regards, /\_/\ "All dogs go to heaven." dinesh@alphaque.com (0 0) http://www.alphaque.com/ +==========================----oOO--(_)--OOo----==========================+ | for a in past present future; do | | for b in clients employers associates relatives neighbours pets; do | | echo "The opinions here in no way reflect the opinions of my $a $b." | | done; done | +=========================================================================+
On 10/09/05 04:45 Kevin P. Fleming said the following:> Dinesh Nair wrote: > >> and they still go for US$10 a pop ? > > > Patent indemnification licenses are completely separate from the codec > binary you choose to use. There is no price difference for CPU type, OS > platform or anything else.understood, thanx for the clarification, kevin. -- Regards, /\_/\ "All dogs go to heaven." dinesh@alphaque.com (0 0) http://www.alphaque.com/ +==========================----oOO--(_)--OOo----==========================+ | for a in past present future; do | | for b in clients employers associates relatives neighbours pets; do | | echo "The opinions here in no way reflect the opinions of my $a $b." | | done; done | +=========================================================================+
Have you founy any real life performance benefit of x86_64 (particularly EM64T on Xeon) as apposed to plan old x86? On 10/9/05, Kevin P. Fleming <kpfleming@digium.com> wrote:> > Dinesh Nair wrote: > > > and they still go for US$10 a pop ? > > Patent indemnification licenses are completely separate from the codec > binary you choose to use. There is no price difference for CPU type, OS > platform or anything else. > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com <http://Easynews.com>-- > > 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 >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20051008/41f62ba8/attachment.htm