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Date:      Sun, 12 Mar 2000 17:28:38 -0600
From:      BobF <FBob@wt.net>
To:        Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org>
Cc:        freebsd <freebsd@ru.ru>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: soundblaster live
Message-ID:  <00031217311407.00427@desk1>
In-Reply-To: <38CC266D.98E5716A@gorean.org>
References:  <437.000313@ru.ru> <00031217053006.00427@desk1> <38CC266D.98E5716A@gorean.org>

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On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, Doug Barton wrote:
> BobF wrote:
> > 
> > On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, Doug Barton wrote:
> > > freebsd wrote:
> > > >
> > > > HI I am Ref from Russia.
> > > > Could you, please, help me with pci card SoundBlaster Live!?
> > >
> > >       Unfortunately there is no support for this card right now. SB refuses
> > > to release the specs, so it's proven very difficult to write a driver
> > > for it.
> > 
> >  Uh- I dunno............
> > Have a look at  http://opensource.creative.com/
> 
> 	That's a linux driver, written by SB. The people who are working on
> porting/creating a freebsd driver have found it very difficult to do so
> BECAUSE SB WON'T RELEASE THE SPECS. I own one of these cards, and I've
> been following this topic closely.

 Hmmm...
Just another reason I went to SuSE for my workstation. Not to mention SMP
support, UDMA66, etc, etc.

But then what good is a sound card on a server?

 -- 
Bob F

EMail  FBob@wt.net

A Truly Wise Man Never Plays 
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