Re: [OT] SB Live! drivers released for Linux
Dan Hollis (goemon@sasami.anime.net)
Mon, 3 May 1999 17:30:29 -0700 (PDT)
On 3 May 1999, Chris Adams wrote:
> Once upon a time, Aaron Tiensivu <tiensivu@pilot.msu.edu> said:
> >I haven't downloaded them yet but I just got the news.
> >http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux/
> Too bad they only released binary modules (and not even for the latest
> stable kernel release, and only non-SMP). I wish there was a solid PCI
> wavetable soundcard with an open source driver for Linux available
> (someone PLEASE correct me if there is).
Of course someone could just cleanroom reverse engineer the binary driver
and derive an open source one from it.
FWIW there IS a PCI wavetable card with opensource. The Trident 4dwave-NX
based cards, and the ALSA driver.
I just got my card today >BD
-Dan
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