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authorTzafrir Cohen <tzafrir.cohen@xorcom.com>2008-09-03 19:38:32 +0000
committerTzafrir Cohen <tzafrir.cohen@xorcom.com>2008-09-03 19:38:32 +0000
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Slightly reformat UPDATES.txt for asciidoc . Include it in README.html .
See e.g. http://docs.tzafrir.org.il/dahdi-tools/README.html#_upgrade_notes Also fix some links in the README. git-svn-id: http://svn.asterisk.org/svn/dahdi/tools/trunk@4859 a0bf4364-ded3-4de4-8d8a-66a801d63aff
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@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-=====================================================================
-=== Information for upgrading from Zaptel 1.2 or 1.4 to DAHDI 2.0 ===
-=====================================================================
+Upgrade Notes
+-------------
+
+Information for upgrading from Zaptel 1.2 or 1.4 to DAHDI 2.0
Upgrading from Zaptel to DAHDI is fairly straightforward; install this
package using the installation instructions, and then reconfigure and
@@ -10,25 +11,30 @@ to Zaptel, even if Zaptel is still installed on the system.
Important notes about upgrading:
-* The Zaptel package, which included both kernel modules and userspace
- tools for configuring and managing the modules, has been split into
- two packages:
- dahdi-linux: kernel modules
- dahdi-tools: userspace tools
+The Zaptel package, which included both kernel modules and userspace
+tools for configuring and managing the modules, has been split into
+two packages:
+
+* dahdi-linux: kernel modules
+* dahdi-tools: userspace tools
+
+In addition, there is a dahdi-linux-complete package that contains both
+dahdi-linux and dahdi-tools for simplified installation.
- In addition, there is a dahdi-linux-complete package that contains both
- dahdi-linux and dahdi-tools for simplified installation.
+NOTE: The dahdi-linux and dahdi-tools packages have *separate*
+version numbers; they will not be released 'in sync', and it is
+perfectly acceptable to use (for example) dahdi-tools 2.0.6 with
+dahdi-linux 2.0.11. The dahdi-linux-complete package version number will
+always include *both* of these version numbers so that you will know
+what is included in it.
- Note: The dahdi-linux and dahdi-tools packages have *separate*
- version numbers; they will not be released 'in sync', and it is
- perfectly acceptable to use (for example) dahdi-tools 2.0.6 with
- dahdi-linux 2.0.11. The dahdi-linux-complete package version number will
- always include *both* of these version numbers so that you will know
- what is included in it.
-Notes about the dahdi-linux package:
+DAHDI-Linux
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+Module Names
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
+The primary kernel modules have changed names; the new names are:
-* The primary kernel modules have changed names; the new names are:
zaptel.ko -> dahdi.ko
ztd-eth.ko -> dahdi_dynamic_eth.ko
ztd-loc.ko -> dahdi_dynamic_loc.ko
@@ -43,23 +49,30 @@ Notes about the dahdi-linux package:
choosing which modules to build; all modules that can be built are
built automatically.
-* It is no longer possible to select a software echo canceler at
- compile time to build into dahdi.ko; all four included echo
- cancelers (MG2, KB1, SEC and SEC2) are built as loadable modules,
- and if the Digium HPEC binary object file has been placed into the
- proper directory the HPEC module will be built as well. Any or all
- of these modules can be loaded at the same time, and the echo
- canceler to be used on the system's channels can be configured using
- the dahdi_cfg tool from the dahdi-tools package.
- Note: It is *mandatory* to configure an echo canceler for the
- system's channels using dahdi_cfg unless the interface cards in use
- have echo canceler modules available and enabled. There is *no*
- default software echo canceler with DAHDI.
+Echo Canceller Modules
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+It is no longer possible and needed to select a software echo canceler
+at compile time to build into dahdi.ko; all four included echo
+cancelers (MG2, KB1, SEC and SEC2) are built as loadable modules.
+If the Digium HPEC binary object file has been placed into the
+proper directory the HPEC module will be built as well.
+
+Any or all of these modules can be loaded at the same time, and the echo
+canceler to be used on the system's channels can be configured using
+the dahdi_cfg tool from the dahdi-tools package.
+
+IMPORTANT: It is *mandatory* to configure an echo canceler for the
+system's channels using dahdi_cfg unless the interface cards in use
+have echo canceler modules available and enabled. There is *no*
+default software echo canceler with DAHDI. See
+<<_echo_cancellers,section on echo cancellers>> in sample system.conf.
+
-Notes about the dahdi-tools package:
+DAHDI-Tools
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+Many tool names have changed:
-* Many tool names have changed:
ztcfg -> dahdi_cfg
ztmonitor -> dahdi_monitor
ztscan -> dahdi_scan
@@ -69,7 +82,7 @@ Notes about the dahdi-tools package:
zapconf -> dahdi_genconf (deprecates genzaptelconf)
* The system configuration file has moved from /etc/zaptel.conf to
- /etc/dahdi/system.conf.
+ <<_sample_system_conf,/etc/dahdi/system.conf>>.
* The dahdi_cfg tool can now be used to select an echo canceler on a
channel-by-channel basis in the system configuration file; see