From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 30 00:47:50 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 704B516AFC4 for ; Tue, 30 May 2006 00:47:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from davidn@datalinktech.com.au) Received: from mail-ihug.icp-qv1-irony6.iinet.net.au (ihug-mail.icp-qv1-irony6.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.224]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3B1143D53 for ; Tue, 30 May 2006 00:47:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from davidn@datalinktech.com.au) Received: from 203-206-162-119.perm.iinet.net.au (HELO mail.datalinktech.com.au) ([203.206.162.119]) by mail-ihug.icp-qv1-irony6.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 30 May 2006 08:47:08 +0800 X-BrightmailFiltered: true X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-IronPort-AV: i="4.05,186,1146412800"; d="scan'208"; a="315142881:sNHT1917278320" Received: from [192.168.4.232] ([192.168.4.232]) by mail.datalinktech.com.au with esmtp; Tue, 30 May 2006 10:47:05 +1000 id 0018D953.447B9609.0000D09C Message-ID: <447B9602.9060409@datalinktech.com.au> Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 10:46:58 +1000 From: David Nugent User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (X11/20060516) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Conrad J. Sabatier" References: <20060529174244.7ed36ead@serene.no-ip.org> In-Reply-To: <20060529174244.7ed36ead@serene.no-ip.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, Yuriy Tsibizov Subject: Re: Call for testing: emu10kx driver for Creative sound cards X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 00:47:52 -0000 Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: > Yes, I wish I understood device driver programming better (i.e., better > than "not at all" :-). I would gladly volunteer to take this over. > I've got a nice Yamaha synth (keyboard) sitting here just gathering > dust since I quit using Windows altogether (used to use it with > Cakewalk). I considered switching over to one of the Linux distros just > to be able to make use of it, but I just can't bring myself to part > with my beloved FreeBSD. :-) > I'm in the same situation, except I do reluctantly use Gentoo Linux at home just so that I can run hydrogen, rosegarden and a few other useful ALSA client apps. I'm hoping one day that the Not-Invented-Here syndrome will go away and other OS's don't have to track unnecessary and unportable APIs. Is it just me or does ALSA actually offer non-trivial advantages over more portable (OSS) sound interfaces? If so, I haven't seen them.