strss7 0.9a.8 Released

Description: OpenSS7 What's New.

Approved for Immediate Release

Oct 31, 2008
OpenSS7 today announced Release 0.9a.8 of the OpenSS7 SS7/SIGTRAN/ISDN/VoIP strss7 package.

(Edmonton, Alberta -- Oct 31, 2008)   OpenSS7 today announced Release 0.9a.8 of the OpenSS7 SS7/SIGTRAN/ISDN/VoIP strss7 package. The OpenSS7 SS7 Stack package includes a wide array of kernel modules, SVR 4.2 STREAMS drivers, modules, libraries, utilities, test programs, daemons, and development environment for the development and execution of Signalling System Number 7 (SS7), Signalling Transport (SIGTRAN), Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) and Voice over IP (VoIP) protocol stack components and applications for the Linux Fast-STREAMS environment.

However, the current package has had X.25 and Frame Relay components moved to the strx25 package, ISDN components moved to the strisdn package, SIGTRAN components moved to the sigtran package, and VoIP components moved to the strvoip package. Only SS7 components remain in the strss7 package.

The OpenSS7 SS7 Stack package contains a wide array of SS7 drivers and components for Linux Fast-STREAMS. This is the public release package which has most of the components removed. Subscribers and sponsors of the OpenSS7 Project have access to the full array of components.

This is the eighth release of the OpenSS7 SS7 Stack strss7 package that contains SS7 (Signalling System No. 7) signalling stack components for Linux Fast-STREAMS. The package contains the necessary header files, manual pages and other documentation for SS7 components in a separate autoconf tarball.

This release is primarily to support recent compilers, kernels and distributions.

Major features since the last public release are as follows:

• Minor documentation corrections.
• Kernel module license made explicit "GPL v2". And then changed back to "GPL".
• License upgrade to AGPL Version 3.
• Modifications to build under Fedora 2.6.22.5-49 kernel. These changes also support 2.6.22.9-91.fc7 kernel. Use IRQF_DISABLED and IRQF_SHARED instead of deprecated SA_INTERRUPT and SA_SHIRQ. Use pci_register_driver instead of pci_module_init.
• Ability to strap out major documentation build and installation primarily for embedded targets.
• Improvements to common build process for embedded and cross-compile targets.
• Modifications to build under Fedora 2.6.25-45.fc9 and 2.6.26.5-45.fc9 kernels.
• Updated tool chain to m4-1.4.12, autoconf-2.63 and texinfo-4.13.
• Conversion of RPM spec files to common approach for major subpackages.
• Updated references database for manual pages and roff(1) documents.
• Build system now builds yum(8) repositories for RPMs and apt-get(8) repositories for DEBs. Installation documentation has been updated to include details of repository install sourcesref.
• Added MODULE_VERSION to all modules and drivers.
• Corrections for recent RHAS4 kernels defining irq_handler_t with 3 argument function template.
• Added sdl-pmod and sdt-pmod STREAMS modules and manual pages. These two STREAMS modules simluate an SDT and SDL interface connection using a STREAMS-based pipe for testing purposes.
• Added MTPI specification texinfo (info, html, pdf) document.
• Added CNAM project document. The CNAM projects provides a locally attached TCAP CNAM database front-end that performs SS7 stack functions local to the switching office and queries a back-end CNAM database using IP over the Internet.
• Added SDLI, SDTI and SLI specifications texinfo (info, html, pdf) document. See SDLI, SDTI and SLI.
• Added manual pages for LMI and all LMI primitives. See LMI(7).
• Added manual pages for SDLI and all SDLI primitives. See SDLI(7).
• Added manual pages for SDTI and all SDTI primitives. See SDTI(7).
• Added manual pages for SLI and all SLI primitives. See SLI(7).

This is a public stable production grade release of the package: it deprecates previous releases. Please upgrade to the current release before reporting bugs.

As with other OpenSS7 releases, this release configures, compiles, installs and builds RPMs and DEBs for a wide range of Linux 2.4 and 2.6 RPM- and DPKG-based distributions, and can be used on production kernels without patching or recompiling the kernel.

This package is publicly released under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL) Version 3. The release is available as an autoconf tarball, SRPM, DSC, and set of binary RPMs and DEBs. See the downloads page for the autoconf tarballs, SRPMs and DSCs. See the strss7 package page for tarballs, SRPMs, DSCs, and binary RPMs and DEBs.

See ChangeLog and NEWS in the release, or Release Notes in the manual, for more information. Also, see the strss7.pdf manual in the release (also in html).

About The OpenSS7 Project

The OpenSS7 Project is an opensource development project (called OpenSS7) to provide a robust and GPL'ed SS7, SIGTRAN, ISDN and VoIP signalling stack for Linux and other UN*X operating systems. The OpenSS7 Project has existed in one form or another since 1996. For dowloads and further information, see the project website.

About OpenSS7 Corporation

OpenSS7 Corporation is the world-leading supplier of OpenSource SS7, SIGTRAN, ISDN and VoIP signalling products and services that enable the Next Generation Network. A staunch supporter of the Open Source development model, OpenSS7 Corporation funds and supports The OpenSS7 Project by providing commercial licensing, training, consulting, development and support for products delivered from The OpenSS7 Project. For more information on OpenSS7 Corporation, please visit our corporate website.

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