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Subject: Writing a driver for Creamware sound cards
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Hello

Would the list be kind enough to point me in the right direction?

I want to use my 2500usd sound cards under FreeBSD but the Creamware (
http://www.creamware.com) company has not even lifted a finger to assist me
or anyone else interested in porting their cards over.

They promised me personally that they would be linux ready in 2000. Ever
since then they have given me and the community a cold shoulder.

How would I go about porting their driver over? Where do I begin?

I can run their "SCOPE" operating system under wine, so only the driver is
nescessary.

p.s. their cards are multiple SHARC dsp boards, their operating system uses
some sort of encryption to communicate with the boards, but their drivers
are very straight forward and simple.

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---S.C. Gehl, 'Beauty to Burn'