Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 15:02:30 -0800 From: C Gray <frankfenderbender@council124.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: sound-card/driver question Message-ID: <8F08E935-33A8-4B5F-9057-51FAD51DA97D@council124.org>
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I have a Dell PowerEdge T300 server which has the following slots available: slot 1: 3.3-V, full-length PCIe x4 with x8 connector slot 2: 3.3-V, full-length PCIe x4 slot 3: 3.3-V, full-length PCIe x8 slot 4: 3.3-V, full-length PCIe x8 slot 5: 3.3-V, full-length PCI-X The system is based around: Xeon X3440 @ 2.50 GHz Quad core 2GB DDR3 RAM. It's been said that a driver supported for Vista will work with for FreeBSD. The card I am looking at works with Microsoft Windows7, Vista, and XP. It's PCI-X based, and would, thus, be inserted into [my] slot 5: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer SB0770 7.1-Channel PCI Sound Card My question is whether the CD of sound card drivers are in a standardized format such that, FreeBSD/TrueOS can use them, as is, just as the Microsoft-verified environments do? Do they even use the same suffix? Are they well-written enough to discover the platform whereon they are expected to run (*that is, to "drive"). It the OS discovers the driver rather than the driver discovering the OS, the same functional use may be achieved, however, I'm ignorant other than guessing as to how drivers work and what is required for that to take place. Where are they stored in Windows and in FreeBSD, and how do I install the proper one from the disk accompanying the card (most likely meant for Microsoft's toolset/installer. I do recognize that [cr]Apple spent more time avoiding Linux and Windows standards for customer-control reasons... for their bottom line. So, I am hoping that the line "canyon" between FreeBSD and Windows is negligible, if non-existent w/r/t card access and driver installs. Suggestions? Thanks, C Gray frankfenderbender@council124.org
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