Linux drivers (was [Openal] Header files placement )

Jason Daly jdaly at ist.ucf.edu
Tue Aug 15 18:31:36 PDT 2006


Garin Hiebert wrote:
>
> 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.
>

Outstanding!  That's great news, Garin.  Please accept my thanks and 
pass it along to everyone that you had to convince to make it happen.  :-)

--"J"


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