Re: [Freeswitch-dev] Linux or Windows?
From: "comments@freecle.com" <comments@freecle.com> To: freeswitch-dev@lists.freeswitch.org Sent: Monday, November 5, 2007 1:12:12 PM Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-dev] Linux or Windows? Comments and questions: 1. I tried to compile with VC++ Express 2008, and got so many errors I have not figured it out yet.
IIRC you also need the "platform SDK" when using the express version.
2. The Trixswitch ico worked great right off ... much better than Trixbox, which seemed to required a Microsoft-style activation code and contact with the home office via internet before it would work.
Doesn't appear to be a question, more of an observation.
3. I am a hazy about the programming interface to Freeswitch ... is there a tcp or udp socket to which I can just send commands?
You can use a tcp socket connection with mod_event_socket http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Event_Socket or via XML RPC with mod_xml_rpc
4. Also, it seems like trixswitch does not have the source code for freeswitch in the ico... is that true?
I don't know but i bet they would be willing to add it.
5. I would like to get a few hours of Anthony's time to film a code walkthrough that could be posted on the website.
dunno maybe =D
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Another consideration is that since our code is cross-platform, it has to have an abstraction layer to normalize some bits of code to be platform agnostic. One major issue with this is that oftentimes, when a function that is commonly used in UNIX is missing in windows, a poor substitute is written to fill in the void. This can lead to assumptions that it's robust when it isn't in the case of things like precision timing (many gettimeofday emulator functions are completely inaccurate and give the impression that the windows is not as good). We do our best to make sure we have it working on all platforms but to really succeed, we need the help of many people who regularly use each platform to test and provide feedback about their favorite platform. For a high scale operation any variant of UNIX will be a better choice than windows from at least a cost standpoint since the version of windows that can take advantage of several CPUs is much more expensive than the regular version of windows and also if you plan to do any development, the free version of the compiler is not really so great so you will end up having to buy the MSVC 2008 as well.
The most common used platform during core development is currently rhel4 iirc which is more or less the same as centos4 the only reason for that choice is the particular dual-cpu box with onboard RAID I do my dev on only worked for RHEL due to silly binary drivers where something claims they support linux and only gives you a redhat rpm (but that's another rant). Nonetheless, we move around and test the code on all platforms we support, *but*, linux currently still receives the most total hours of dev time to date.
We do have many Windows users, so maybe they could chime in about how the Win32 experience is going for them.
Anthony Minessale II
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----- Original Message ---- From: Ian Gregson <contact@iangregson.com> To: freeswitch-dev@lists.freeswitch.org Sent: Saturday, November 3, 2007 11:41:05 AM Subject: [Freeswitch-dev] Linux or Windows?
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Hi there,
I was wondering if anyone can offer any info with regards to go linux or windows.
From what i gather the freeswitch works on both ... so obious linux is free (opensuse i was thinking of.. maybe something better?)
But what about hardware support, i presume windows would have better hardware support?
Any info would be gratefully appreciated
Ian
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Anthony -- Thanks for your response. I took the liberty of updating the Installation Wiki regaring trixswitch source installation, once I got it working.
5. I would like to get a few hours of Anthony's time to film a code walkthrough that could be posted on the website.
dunno maybe =D
I can cover a few hours of your normal consulting rate, if that would help justify the time input. Also, I am trying to figure out how to get Busy Lamp info out of the switch, if this is not being done already. I guess one would have to figure out which extension is doing what on which channel. If someone is working on this or had done it, I would like to hear from them. Thanks. Edward Seattle
From: "comments@freecle.com" <comments@freecle.com> To: freeswitch-dev@lists.freeswitch.org Sent: Monday, November 5, 2007 1:12:12 PM Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-dev] Linux or Windows?
Comments and questions:
1. I tried to compile with VC++ Express 2008, and got so many errors I have not figured it out yet.
IIRC you also need the "platform SDK" when using the express version.
2. The Trixswitch ico worked great right off ... much better than Trixbox, which seemed to required a Microsoft-style activation code and contact with the home office via internet before it would work.
Doesn't appear to be a question, more of an observation.
3. I am a hazy about the programming interface to Freeswitch ... is there a tcp or udp socket to which I can just send commands?
You can use a tcp socket connection with mod_event_socket http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Event_Socket or via XML RPC with mod_xml_rpc
4. Also, it seems like trixswitch does not have the source code for freeswitch in the ico... is that true?
I don't know but i bet they would be willing to add it.
Thanks
Edward Seattle
Anthony Minessale II
FreeSWITCH http://www.freeswitch.org/ ClueCon http://www.cluecon.com/
AIM: anthm MSN:anthony_minessale@hotmail.com GTALK/JABBER/PAYPAL:anthony.minessale@gmail.com IRC: irc.freenode.net #freeswitch
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Another consideration is that since our code is cross-platform, it has to have an abstraction layer to normalize some bits of code to be platform agnostic. One major issue with this is that oftentimes, when a function that is commonly used in UNIX is missing in windows, a poor substitute is written to fill in the void. This can lead to assumptions that it's robust when it isn't in the case of things like precision timing (many gettimeofday emulator functions are completely inaccurate and give the impression that the windows is not as good). We do our best to make sure we have it working on all platforms but to really succeed, we need the help of many people who regularly use each platform to test and provide feedback about their favorite platform. For a high scale operation any variant of UNIX will be a better choice than windows from at least a cost standpoint since the version of windows that can take advantage of several CPUs is much more expensive than the regular version of windows and also if you plan to do any development, the free version of the compiler is not really so great so you will end up having to buy the MSVC 2008 as well.
The most common used platform during core development is currently rhel4 iirc which is more or less the same as centos4 the only reason for that choice is the particular dual-cpu box with onboard RAID I do my dev on only worked for RHEL due to silly binary drivers where something claims they support linux and only gives you a redhat rpm (but that's another rant). Nonetheless, we move around and test the code on all platforms we support, *but*, linux currently still receives the most total hours of dev time to date.
We do have many Windows users, so maybe they could chime in about how the Win32 experience is going for them.
Anthony Minessale II
FreeSWITCH http://www.freeswitch.org/ ClueCon http://www.cluecon.com/
AIM: anthm MSN:anthony_minessale@hotmail.com GTALK/JABBER/PAYPAL:anthony.minessale@gmail.com IRC: irc.freenode.net #freeswitch
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----- Original Message ---- From: Ian Gregson <contact@iangregson.com> To: freeswitch-dev@lists.freeswitch.org Sent: Saturday, November 3, 2007 11:41:05 AM Subject: [Freeswitch-dev] Linux or Windows?
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Hi there,
I was wondering if anyone can offer any info with regards to go linux or windows.
From what i gather the freeswitch works on both ... so obious linux is free (opensuse i was thinking of.. maybe something better?)
But what about hardware support, i presume windows would have better hardware support?
Any info would be gratefully appreciated
Ian
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