> Emulation may be useful for those who run dos games with DOSEMU/WINE, but
> certainly
> not for any of the many linux programs that use sound. Such emulation
> should be part of those packages, not a driver.
Nah. DOSemu, at least, emulates an SB16 card, by using the normal linux
sound interface (IIRC anyway). Perhaps it is/was possible to use the SB16
directly from inside DOSemu, bypassing the normal driver, but that'd be very
errorprone behaviour anyway. Not sure about WINE, but i dont see why one
would give direct access to soundcard hardware from inside DOSemu or WINE if
one could use the native linux drivers. Rather spend the effort writing a
linux driver for that sound card :)
> - Writing a driver supporting every feature takes time - this is understood.
> But there is no reason for delaying the release until that.
> I recommend going for the basic /dev/dsp (D/A A/D converters) first,
> and release a beta as soon as that works. Then make new releases whenever
> a new feature (midi, mixer, ...) is completed.
It's worse than that... Linux needs to standardize 'advanced sound options'
some way, provide an API for it, which includes room for future crufty
soundfeatures. I believe there is work going on in that area, haven't been
reading my Freshmeat faithfully lately, due to lack of time :P
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