From owner-freebsd-multimedia Wed Dec 9 19:59:14 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA22823 for freebsd-multimedia-outgoing; Wed, 9 Dec 1998 19:59:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from whizzo.transsys.com (whizzo.TransSys.COM [144.202.42.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA22812 for ; Wed, 9 Dec 1998 19:59:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from louie@whizzo.transsys.com) Received: from whizzo.transsys.com (localhost.transsys.com [127.0.0.1]) by whizzo.transsys.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id WAA22377 for ; Wed, 9 Dec 1998 22:58:58 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from louie@whizzo.transsys.com) Message-Id: <199812100358.WAA22377@whizzo.transsys.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Louis A. Mamakos" Subject: bad news regarding Creative Soundblaster Live! programming info.. Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 09 Dec 1998 22:58:58 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org It looks like E-mu/Creative Labs doesn't have any freely available programming information for the E-mu 10K1 PCI audio processor. This is the heart of the Creative Soundblaster Live! product. I sent some email to the guy that did a presentation at Hot Chips '98 earlier this year asking about it, and: > I apologize for the long delay in responding to you. At the current > time, Creative is not releasing to any outside party the technical > details of the EMU10K1 necessary to write a device driver. There is a > possibility at a future date that, with appropriate non-disclosure > agreements, this information will be made available. Your name and > contact information has been noted for consideration if and when the > information will be made available. I have a few questions to ask you > concerning your past experience. This is really too bad, 'cause the thing sounds pretty nifty in Windows98. I guess this thing is out of the running as a FreeBSD PCI-based sound card. If anything changes, I'll pass it along. I replied and indicated that an NDA is somewhat incompatable with doing an open-source device driver for FreeBSD. louie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message