[Asterisk-Dev] Petition for IAX firmware

Andrew Kohlsmith akohlsmith-asterisk at benshaw.com
Thu Apr 7 05:07:29 MST 2005


On April 6, 2005 11:15 pm, Nick Bachmann wrote:
> > The specs are open source, Digium modified the open source, the Digium
> > firmware should be open source. Simple concept.
>
> I'm not sure what you're refering to here (which is why I don't like
> top-posting)... the specs for what?  Zaptel cards? They don't really
> have firmware.

You bet your ass they do.  The Xilinx Spartan II is an FPGA.  The TDM400P has 
a (very small) FPGA on it as well.  The VHDL and/or schematic for the logic 
inside these devices is what I would consider "firmware" for this discussion.

Again -- they don't have to open it up, and I'm certainly not demanding they 
do.  But saying that Digium's hardware is open or "can't" be open is 
misleading at best.

-A.



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