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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