[asterisk-users] asterisk on 2.4 kernel ... scheduler problem?

Cesc cesc.santa at gmail.com
Thu Sep 28 06:24:27 MST 2006


Hello people!

I have an inquiry (not a doubt ;D ). Actually, two.

I am trying to run asterisk on an embedded Power PC platform on which
we have a linux with a 2.4.2x kernel. In there, the linux scheduler
runs at 100Hz. On a 2.6 kernel, the scheduler is at 1KHz. I just take
this from a colleague ... hope it is true :)  I only need to run the
VOIP part, thus no POTS or external hardware. Actually, I just need
SIP and H323 (channels/h323). Is there any problem to be expected from
the scheduler difference? Or any other from running on a 2.4 kernel?
Some colleague said that asterisk needs the 1KHz scheduler, but i
cannot believe that it won't run on a 2.4 kernel ... Anyway, that is
why i am asking.

The other inquiry ... as the system is embedded we have not so much
disk space available. So, i need a minimal asterisk installation. When
compiled and stripped, the biggest amount of space is taken by the
modules. My question is, can asterisk work with just the chan_sip.so,
chan_h323.so and the codec_*.so? is there any other module needed? I
need only be able to bridge sip to h323, no extra fancy stuff needed
(parking, echo, blah, blah, ... )

Tks a lot!

Cesc


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