From owner-freebsd-multimedia Fri Nov 5 9:32:48 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from timbuk-e1.cray.com (timbuk-fddi.cray.com [128.162.8.102]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E729314C8F for ; Fri, 5 Nov 1999 09:32:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cattelan@thebarn.com) Received: from mailhost.cray.com (mailhost.cray.com [137.38.226.97]) by timbuk-e1.cray.com (8.8.8/CRI-gate-news-1.3) with ESMTP id LAA23790; Fri, 5 Nov 1999 11:30:44 -0600 (CST) Received: from daisy-e185.americas.sgi.com (daisy.cray.com [128.162.185.214]) by mailhost.cray.com (8.9.3/craymail-smart) with ESMTP id LAA15457463; Fri, 5 Nov 1999 11:30:40 -0600 (CST) Received: from thebarn.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by daisy-e185.americas.sgi.com (8.8.8/SGI-server-1.3a) with ESMTP id LAA79925; Fri, 5 Nov 1999 11:30:40 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <3823143F.98DCEC2D@thebarn.com> Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 11:30:40 -0600 From: Russell Cattelan X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51C-SGI [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.5 IP27) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The Hermit Hacker Cc: Randall Hopper , Alex , Amancio Hasty , Seigo Tanimura , freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Creative seems to open up SB Live References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The Hermit Hacker wrote: > On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, Randall Hopper wrote: > > > AFAIK "port" is not an option, "re-engineer" is (from your no-GPL > > perspective at least). We want to keep this kosher. > > Odd question here, but, with the modules system we currently have, > *shouldn't* it be relatively easy to create a "port" (ie. in > /usr/ports/??) that installs the module, even if it is GPL'd? Why do (if > they do?) a new modules seem to imply adding to the base source tree, vs > creating some sort of /usr/ports/modules system? I like that idea. Does anybody know how to create a loadable sound driver? I know the OSS drivers do it, so it is possible. > > > > Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy > Systems Administrator @ hub.org > primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message