[Asterisk-Dev] The Zaptel init scripts must die!

[Kevin P. Fleming]

Tilghman Lesher wrote:

> Sure, but first, I want you to tell me how zaptel magically knows when
> all relevant modules are loaded on a machine BEFORE running 'ztcfg',
> so we don't get misfires on each successive module.  This is what the
> Mandrake init scripts are designed to do:  load all the relevant
> modules, preventing running ztcfg until the very end, when all the
> channels are in place).  If you've magically fixed zaptel to run ztcfg
> itself, but only after _every_ card module is loaded, then there's no
> longer any need for init scripts.

Well, I know that on my Debian system with multiple card types installed 
(TDM400P and TE405P), the modules are loaded and ztcfg runs successfully 
without causing any errors, all by just listing the modules in /etc/modules.

I suppose what we really need is to find some way to make this work 
properly in the new udev/dynamic device/hotplug world and not require 
static setups at all. That's a much larger change, but one that would be 
welcome in my eyes.