[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk on PowerPC v. Intel/AMD

[Brian McSpadden]

In my case, I was running two X100P's. Not exactly the TDM40, but
should be the same concept. The driver for that card is slightly
different, in the fact that it uses the wcfxs kernel module (even on
FXO interfaces), rather than the wcfxo module of the X100P. However, I
doubt it makes a difference, the hardware should be compatible. It
sure works great on my 8500.

Brian


On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 10:32:07 +0800, S E <stuart at castleis.com.au> wrote:
> What zaptel hardware are you running with the Mac?
> 
> I have been trying to get a TDM400 working (4 port fxo/fxs card) with a
> Pentium and it doesn't work, but I have a spare 8600 Power PC available
> and so was considering giving it a try.
> 
> Any pointers would be great.
> 
> Stuart
> On Wednesday, Oct 20, 2004, at 02:34 Australia/Perth, Brian McSpadden
> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> > I can't say that I have yet had extensive experience with it yet, but
> > what I have seen is promising. I, like you had read the posts
> > promising wonderful bliss, not dealing with echo issues and interrupts
> >  I was running Asterisk on PowerPC.
> >
> > So, I bought an old Powermac 8500 on eBay, for $20, to try it for
> > myself. I'll have to say, I was pleasantly surprised with the result.
> > I got Yellow Dog Linux loaded on it, got Asterisk loaded up, the
> > zaptel hardware works great, and there was no echo, period. It really
> > was amazing. There are only a few combinations we've found that
> > produce no echo on Intel hardware. I don't know if these results say
> > that there won't be a problem with other PPC hardware, but it is very
> > promising. This was only a 180 mHz machine, and it performed
> > beatifully, transcoding GSM to ULAW and iLBC to ULAW, on two channels
> > concurrently. (I didn't have any more channels to test with at the
> > time, but I believe it would handle more).
> >
> > I can see a few disadvantages, however. Apple hardware can be a little
> > more expensive. I realize it is more powerful than its Intel
> > counterparts, but in many situations, you don't need the extra power
> > that the money buys you. There also is no g729 binary for PowerPC, so
> > it won't do 729 either, which may or may not be a big deal.
> >
> > Brian
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 13:50:28 -0400, mattf <mattf at vicimarketing.com>
> > wrote:
> >> With today's apple release of faster/cheaper hardware(PowerPC 1.8GHz
> >> for
> >> $1499) and the bragging I've heard by several Mac Hardware Asterisk
> >> users
> >> about how it's SO much better on PowerPC than on Intel/AMD.
> >>
> >> I was wondering if anyone has any side-by-side comparisons of
> >> capacity on
> >> Mac hardware vs. Intel/AMD hardware, doesn't have to be anything
> >> official,
> >> just some people with real-world asterisk on PPC experience. I'm
> >> interested
> >> in number of Sip -> Zap concurrent conversations as well as just how
> >> many
> >> pure Zap channels you can have running concurrently on the Mac
> >> hardware
> >> platform(One user bragged of three quad T1 digium cards all being in
> >> use at
> >> once[over 200 Zap channels]).
> >>
> >> Are these claims true?
> >>
> >> Is Asterisk easier to install on YellowDog or is another distro
> >> better on
> >> PPC Hardware?
> >>
> >> How much does clock speed of the PPC matter from 1.8GHz-single to
> >> 2.5GHz-dual in terms of capacity?
> >>
> >> Any other catches when running Asterisk on PPC?
> >>
> >> Yes, I have read the Wiki on this subject:
> >> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+MacOSX+Support
> >> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+Linux+Yellow+Dog
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> MATT---
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