The real question here is when you do release a driver, will
it allow Linux users to effectively use the SB Live hardware.
Creative's track record on windows NT drivers isn't that good.
If the register definitons and tech info were made public
(does this really threaten Creative's business?) then you will
find a lot of volunteers willing to get a driver out a lot faster. For
a product like a sound card, people will happily use an alternative
card if drivers are not available, so any delay costs. You should
also consider that there isn't much interest in adding proprietry
components to the linux kernel.
cheers
Greg Smart
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jacob Hawley [SMTP:jhawley@creaf.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 1999 5:45 AM
> To: Jakub Gwozdz
> Cc: Linux (Kernel Reflector)
> Subject: Re: question about sblive and linux
>
> Currently the answer is no. We are actively developing a driver, but it
> will
> take some months before it is ready. My suggestion to you is that if you
> want a
> sound card that works I would suggest one of the ISA or Sound Blaster PCI
> (formerly Ensoniq) products. These already have drivers available in the
> kernel.
>
> Jake
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jakub Gwozdz <gwozdziu@uci.agh.edu.pl>
> To: jacob_hawley@msn.com <jacob_hawley@msn.com>
> Date: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 8:39 AM
> Subject: question about sblive and linux
>
>
> >
> >I would like to buy SBLive! or SBLive! Value, but i don't know if it will
> >work with linux. Could you tell me (and/or inster this information on
> your
> >web site), if SBLive will work on linux at least as SB16? Just until
> >Creative write it's own libraries for ALSA?
> >
> >Best regards
> >
> >Jakub Gwozdz
> >student of computer sciences at AGH, Krakow, Poland
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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