[Openal] X-Fi BETA 64bit Linux driver available

[Jason Daly]

Daniel PEACOCK wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> As a few people have expressed interest in X-Fi Linux drivers, here is some
> information about the beta drivers that were posted yesterday ....
>   

I'll have a look at these tonight.  I do have a couple of questions 
(surprise! :-) ). 

First, the obvious one... Now that this driver is available, is there 
any timetable for a 32-bit version?


> This driver source will not compile with GCC version 4 and above.
>   

Is it necessary to compile the driver for it to work? (e.g.: like the 
Nvidia drivers, is it necessary to compile the driver for each new 
kernel installed?)  If so, this is a serious limitation (even if not, 
it's still a significant limitation).  Even the enterprise-level 
distributions (Red Hat Enterprise 5, for example) are using GCC 4 now. 


> S/PDIF passthrough is not supported in this driver release.
> External I/O modules are not supported in this driver release.
> Applications from the original Sound Blaster X-Fi Installation CD will not
> work with this driver.
>   

Not surprising.  Would be nice to see these eventually, but the above 
issues are much more important.

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