Linux drivers (was [Openal] Header files placement )

[Ed Phillips]

On Tue, 15 Aug 2006, Garin Hiebert wrote:

>> 
>> 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.

Great news!  I hope that this matures into a driver that will support all 
the Creative cards.

Ed Phillips <ed at udel.edu> University of Delaware (302) 831-6082
Systems Programmer IV, Network and Systems Services