Index: channels/chan_sip.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/cvsroot/asterisk/channels/chan_sip.c,v
retrieving revision 1.629
diff -u -r1.629 chan_sip.c
--- channels/chan_sip.c	12 Jan 2005 15:23:06 -0000	1.629
+++ channels/chan_sip.c	17 Jan 2005 05:59:42 -0000
@@ -8623,6 +8623,14 @@
 		ast_set_flag(mask, SIP_PROMISCREDIR);
 		ast_set2_flag(flags, ast_true(v->value), SIP_PROMISCREDIR);
 		res = 1;
+	} else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "astdb")) {
+		char *value = ast_strdupa(v->value);
+		char *family, *key;
+		family = strsep(&value, "/");
+		key = strsep(&value, "=");
+		if (value) {
+			ast_db_put(family, key, value);
+		}
 	}
 
 	return res;
Index: configs/sip.conf.sample
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/cvsroot/asterisk/configs/sip.conf.sample,v
retrieving revision 1.54
diff -u -r1.54 sip.conf.sample
--- configs/sip.conf.sample	11 Jan 2005 18:39:48 -0000	1.54
+++ configs/sip.conf.sample	17 Jan 2005 06:26:18 -0000
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@
 ;allow=alaw
 ;allow=g723.1			; Asterisk only supports g723.1 pass-thru!
 ;allow=g729			; Pass-thru only unless g729 license obtained
+;astdb=chan2ext/SIP/grandstream1=1234	; ensures an astDB entry exists
 
 
 ;[xlite1]