[asterisk-users] dahdi_dummy required?

[Ishfaq Malik]

On Thu, 2011-09-22 at 22:19 -0600, Troy Telford wrote:
> I'm running Asterisk 1.8.4.4; I'm new to asterisk, and have been 
> reading the Asterisk Definitive Guide, and it mentions that dahdi_dummy 
> should be used to provide an interface for Asterisk to get kernel 
> timing. - espescially if using timing-dependant modules.
> 
> I have a minor question: is dahdi_dummy necessary or useful anymore - 
> espescially for users who don't have DAHDI hardware?
> 
> I ask because I just checked out dahdi 2.5 from svn & built (against 
> the Linux kernel 3.0)
> 
> I noticed that dahdi_dummy didn't seem to be built; when I poked around 
> in the changelog, I saw:
>     * README: README: Remove references to dahdi_dummy. Since
>       dahdi_dummy is no longer required remove the references from
>       README. (issue #17959) Reported by: glen201 Origin:
>       http://svnview.digium.com/svn/dahdi?view=rev&rev=9308
> 
> So am I correct in assuming dahdi_dummy isn't needed/useful anymore?

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