Linux drivers (was [Openal] Header files placement )

[Ulrich von Zadow]

Garin Hiebert wrote:
> 
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>> Can you elaborate on that? In what form will drivers be distributed?
> 
> There will be a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi installer similar to what 
> NVIDIA does for Linux graphics drivers -- it will be a proprietary 
> binary blob with a shim to interface to the user's kernel.  In terms of 
> features, the binaries installed will have most of the same 
> functionality of the Windows drivers and application set -- playback, 
> recording, mixer, synthesis, EAX/EFX, etc.  In terms of APIs, these 
> hardware-accelerated features will be exposed using ALSA and OpenAL.

Very nice! What cards will be supported? Is there a timeline for this?

Uli