Re: [Iaxclient-devel] Re: iaxcomm iaxclient registry problem

[S <s...@ka...>]

Hi Steve,

I haven't found a FAX machine right now to send a FAX to digium. No old 
fashioned folks out there... Try to find one next week.


See comments below :

PS : I have published the alpha version of my Zaurus iax client on :

      http://www.kauss.org/Stephan/ziaxphone/index.html

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Steve Kann wrote :
 >  S wrote:
 >
 > > Hi Steve,
 > >
 > > I will send a FAX to digium. First I have to find a FAX
 > > machine ;-))
 > > (Yes there are people out which have no fax-machine (this
 >  machines are
 > > old fashioned stuff) If I have send the fax I let you know.
 > >
 > > All RISC machines need pointers word align, but some one
 > > have a
 > > special handling to remedy the problem. For example the DEC
 >  ALPHA chip
 > > get a trap and realign the pointer (in the same way I have
 > done). This
 > > means for every pointer wich is not align the CPU has to do
 > some extra
 > > work.
 > > Also I think some new compiler have options to handle this
 > problem.
 > > (They add some extra code into you program).
 >
 > Right, that's what I expected.  And, since the majority of your >
 > changes were in debug code anyway, the extra work to re-align things
 > really isn't significant.

Not true the function iax_parse_ies() is called for every AST_FRAME_IAX 
package.

 >
 > I guess, before I go and commit these things [either the alignment
 > stuff or the POKE change], I'd like to hear confirmation from others
 > that (a) these problems are real, and (b) these fixes fix the problem 
 > correctly.

It is real, try to use iaxcomm register with asterisk.

 >
 > I don't use the registration stuff myself much [my client doesn't
 > register], but It seems to be working for lots of people using
 > iaxclient-based clients, so It would be quite surprising that there's
 > a bug that induces a failure here.
 >
 > Similarly,  Jason Pattie also has iaxclient working on a zaurus, and I
 > don't think he needed all these alignment changes to make it work..
 >
If I understand Jason A. Pattie right, he use a iPAQ also with a ARM CPU.

 > Is there some documentation you can point me to on the alignment
 > requirements in C programs for the zaurus?
 >
See http://www.arm.com/support/faqdev/1469.html
Section :
  (3) Unknown alignment
and Section
   Porting code

 > -SteveK