[Asterisk-bsd] Status on *BSD, particularly NetBSD?

[Jeff Rizzo]

I'm coming into this as a relative newbie on asterisk, having been 
playing around with it seriously for about a week.  I'm using the cvs 
HEAD from about that time, with the patch that Tom Ivar Helbemekko 
posted to this list a few days ago, and things seem to be working 
relatively well with an all-SIP configuration on NetBSD-2.0_RC4.  I'm 
convinced that asterisk is a solid piece of software, and I want to go 
ahead with plans to use it both in my business and at home.

My preferred platform is NetBSD;  a second choice would be FreeBSD, but 
I'm willing (if not anywhere near eager) to run Linux if it's 
necessary.  I am going to need to integrate with the PSTN using both FXS 
and FXO ports, and will also need to run IAX2 and meetme. From 
everything I've read over the last week, the Wildcard boards seem to be 
the best bet, but there's some confusion about the state of BSD 
support.  This leads me to a few questions:

1)  Are any of the zaptel drivers being ported to NetBSD?  Am I correct 
in assuming that even if I don't need Zaptel hardware, I'd need to use 
the "ztdummy" driver for the hardware timers necessary for IAX2 and meetme?

2)  Do the zaptel drivers which have been ported to FreeBSD support the 
TDM400P?  Since I need 1 FXO and 1 FXS port in a 1U form factor, this 
card is my best bet... (plus, I've already ordered one for testing!  :)  
Preferably also support the TDM400P in the cvs HEAD of the asterisk 
code, since that's what I've started using already...

3)  If there is _not_ already an effort underway to port the zaptel 
drivers to NetBSD, can anyone suggest a place to start?  I would assume 
starting with the FreeBSD code is best, but it's kind of hard to tell 
even what the current state of affairs with that code is.

Thanks for all the effort!

+j