Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 14:30:09 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Bruno <nc41530a@vizzavi.pt> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Porting ALSA drivers to OSS may be easy, according to OSS ;) Message-ID: <20040526193009.GB4375@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <opr8mbqykvt0juqe@mail.vodafone.pt> References: <opr8mbqykvt0juqe@mail.vodafone.pt>
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In the last episode (May 26), Bruno said: > I know FreeBSD is mainly conceived as a performance server OS and > lacks in the multimedia field when compared with Linux which is much > more generic. > > But in terms of sound I think the scenario could change easily: you > don't have ALSA drivers but according to this post it's possible to > convert ALSA drivers into free OSS drivers: > > http://www.4front-tech.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=48#48 > > This could mean reduced need for commercial OSS driver support :) And > of course there may be licensing issues. > > Not really my problem since I have a SB Live!, but this could easily > improve FreeBSD image on the multimedia *NIX field :) Are there very many cards not supported by FreeBSD? Note that OSS can mean two things: drivers provided by 4front, or a userland API for playing sound. FreeBSD's sound system provides an OSS API, but is not OSS internally. Porting a Linux ALSA driver to FreeBSD is probably about as easy as porting a Linux OSS driver. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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