[Asterisk-Dev] Re: ztdummy? is it necessary?

[Jason DiCioccio]

Based on the initial response, I should probably clarify what I'm asking. 
I know that some applications, as asterisk is developed now, require a
zaptel timing source.  However, is this requirement necessary?  Would
certain platforms, if asterisk was written to accept it, be able to handle
everything fine without the zaptel timing requirement?  My understand of
the issue is that older versions of Linux had an inaccurate real-time
clock.  I also understand that this has since been fixed?  And that BSD
does not have the issue?  So does this extra driver really need to be
required on all platforms?  Or just the ones with the broken RTC?

Basically, I'm not asking if asterisk as it is today requires ztdummy. 
I'm asking if the requirement is necessary.

Thanks!
-JD-