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

[Andrew Latham]

Jason

You make a good point.  However, until every old telcom person out
there keels over, people will want to know the timing source.  Some
platforms may or may not have a good system timer and thus neet the
ZtDummy.


Andrew


On 12/28/05, Jason DiCioccio <jd at ods.org> wrote:
> 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-
>
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