[Asterisk-Dev] The Zaptel init scripts must die!

[Kevin P. Fleming]

Kristian Kielhofner wrote:

>     I suppose.  However, as of this moment I like having to manually 
> specify module load order, because I can guarantee what order my zap 
> channels are going to appear.  How could this be done %100 
> automatically?  I fear a situation where a new card is added to a 
> system, the zap channels get renumbered, and you spend the next 30 
> minutes figuring out which card is which, re-writing zap*.conf, etc. 
> That doesn't seem easier! :)

The udev rules could be written based on slot positions, and ztcfg could 
be modified to do some new things: only initialize a given card, and use 
a particular starting channel number for that card. This would require 
some additional information to be put into zaptel.conf, to then be 
interpreted when udev sees the card become available.

With those changes, channel assignments actually become controllable, 
even if a card is removed, moved around, or cards are added. Wouldn't it 
be nice to be able to temporarily remove one of a pair of TDM400Ps and 
have the channel numbers on the remaining card still be 5-8, instead of 
changing into 1-4?