[asterisk-bugs] [DAHDI-linux 0013205]: [patch] bad master selection

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http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=13205 
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Reported By:                biohumanoid
Assigned To:                kpfleming
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Project:                    DAHDI-linux
Issue ID:                   13205
Category:                   dahdi (the module)
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     assigned
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Date Submitted:             2008-07-31 00:11 CDT
Last Modified:              2009-03-09 10:59 CDT
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Summary:                    [patch] bad master selection
Description: 
Current dahdi master handling work in the following way:
The first SPAN become a master
If a new registered !!! SPAN is preferred , it is the new master
If a span is unregistered - the new master is the first available span
If master SPAN is in alarm state - the new master is the first non in
alarm state SPAN

So
1. dahdi-dummy once loaded will be the master forever.
2. even not-running SPAN can be a master
3. master implementation is ugly...
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 (0101389) madrouter (reporter) - 2009-03-09 10:59
 http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=13205#c101389 
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I really don't like this whole weighting thing.  It makes assumptions about
how the user's network is built that may not be valid.  Going back to some
live deployments I have - I have both dynamic ethernet spans and PRI spans.
 I WANT the dynamic spans to be the master and to have the PRIs clocked by
Dahdi (and have had to replace all my Digium/Sangoma cards with Xorcom kit
as a result).  With the weighting I would have to artificially make my PRI
spans less desirable as a clock source, which would result in a VERY
confusing system.conf!! 

Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2009-03-09 10:59 madrouter      Note Added: 0101389                          
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