[asterisk-users] Zaptel/DAHDI ztdummy only

[Tzafrir Cohen]

On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 03:23:52PM -0700, Roderick A. Anderson wrote:
> Let me know if I should post this on the asterisk-dev list instead.
> 
> I am building a Linux-Vserver (http://www.linux-vserver.org) host system 
> that will have several guests running Asterisk.  Since the guests can't 
> load kernel modules or do other dangerous stuff, but can access them I 
> built zaptel 1.4 and it is now loaded by the host.

modprobe ztdummy (alone) on the host. You'll have to create the basic
device files on the gusts from the host. You'll have to use static
device files.

> 
> The issue I see is there will be no "Zaptel" hardware and these guests 
> will only do SIP, IAX, etc. but do appear to need ztdummy for timing 
> with other services.  So I'm looking for a way to not load (or even 
> build) all the other modules that come as part of Zaptel.
> 
> Possible?

Yes.

> 
> Will the complete change to DAHDI make this easier/harder?

No.

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