[asterisk-users] building a phone

[Tzafrir Cohen]

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 05:48:28PM +0000, Gordon Henderson wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Feb 2009, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> 
> > The core of the system is:
> > http://www.marvell.com/products/embedded_processors/kirkwood/index.jsp
> > (yes, also two TDM ports with slics. No idea how to use them)
> >
> > That plug supports running quite a number of Linux distributions
> > (Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, and some others)
> >
> > What would it take me to port Asterisk or Yate to it? An existing web
> > interface?
> 
> You don't want a PBX in it - you want a command-line VoIP client.
> 
> I was asking (here and elsewhere) if such a beast existed some time back. 
> All I got back was "put asterisk on it and use the OSS/ALSA stuff". Talk 
> about using a sledge hammer to crack a nut.. I had a quick look at libiax 
> and ran out of time...

Yate is the only h32, IAX and SIP free software soft phone I know.
I figure adding one extra interface wouldn't be that tough :-)

Linphone has a command-line interface. Not sure about others. But then
again, maybe the system will run X11. That can simplify some hings.

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