[Asterisk-Users] Re: ztdummy on FC4

[Tony Mountifield]

In article <dncggg$1bc$1 at sea.gmane.org>, Jim Duda <jim at duda.tzo.com> wrote:
> Tony,
> 
> I downloaded fresh versions of asterisk 1.2.1 and zaptel 1.2.1 from digium.
> I now have USE_RTC in the zaptel files.  I recompiled and installed both.
> 
> I updated /etc/rc.d/init.d/zaptel and removed the other modules as I don't
> have any Digium cards in my system.
> 
> lsmod results show that ztdummy is loaded.
> 
> ztdummy                 7816  0
> zaptel                195076  5 ztdummy
> crc_ccitt               6400  1 zaptel
> 
> My final issue is that ztdummy reports that it's unused (7816 0).  I can
> rmmod ztdummy which means that * isn't using it.  Am I incorrect here?  I
> would assume that ztdummy would have a non zero value if * was using it.

I think it's perfectly normal. My systems look the same, but work fine.
AFAIK, ztdummy isn't actually _called_by Asterisk, it just sits there
in the background providing timing services to the zaptel subsystem,
which Asterisk accesses via the devices in /dev/zap/

Cheers
Tony
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