[asterisk-embedded] Test suite for embedded systems

[Tzafrir Cohen]

On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 09:15:21PM +0200, Stelios Koroneos wrote:
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> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: asterisk-embedded-bounces at lists.digium.com
> > [mailto:asterisk-embedded-bounces at lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of Jeremy
> > McNamara
> > Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 5:00 PM
> > To: Asterisk Embedded Development
> > Subject: Re: [asterisk-embedded] Test suite for embedded systems
> >
> >
> > Stelios Koroneos wrote:
> > > Tests with sipp and some other availiable tools can provide us
> > with info in
> > > order to clarify this issue.
> > >
> > > Anyone has run any tests on the platform they are using ?
> >
> >
> >
> > I don't think we need a specific set of tests just for embedded
> > systems...we need a comprehensive test suite for Asterisk itself to
> > determine the level of scale of any platform one intends to run
> > Asterisk on.
> >
> >
> Well embedded systems have different requirments and different resources.
> We have systems which are "embedded in drag"  (pc's in a smallish box) to
> systems which lack fpu,mmu etc.
> Most of the embedded platforms that run *, currently
> 1) Do not have any fxs/fxo port functionality

http://www.rowetel.com/ucasterisk/hardware.html

> 2) Almost all the codecs that require fpu (g729,lpc,ilbc) are either not
> running or not functional.

http://speex.org/

g729 is also known to have some very efficient implementations.

> 3) Are memory limited (RAM <=32MB)

So the system will crash rather than lock up after X channels.

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