From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 30 09:59:42 2003 Return-Path: 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 BDA0E37B40F for ; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 09:59:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from srv2.resnet.ohio-state.edu (srv2.resnet.ohio-state.edu [164.107.3.56]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 837A543F3F for ; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 09:59:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mistry.7@osu.edu) Received: (qmail 419 invoked by uid 506); 30 Apr 2003 17:31:09 -0000 Received: from mistry.7@osu.edu by srv2.resnet.ohio-state.edu by uid 503 with qmail-scanner-1.14 ( Clear:. Processed in 0.020473 secs); 30 Apr 2003 17:31:09 -0000 Received: from rdrt-164-107-204-104.resnet.ohio-state.edu (HELO 192.168.1.100) (164.107.204.104) by srv2.resnet.ohio-state.edu with SMTP; 30 Apr 2003 17:31:09 -0000 From: Anish Mistry To: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 12:59:39 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: <20030430140432.GH44900@lcs.mit.edu> <20030430175937.26e19354.steveo@eircom.net> In-Reply-To: <20030430175937.26e19354.steveo@eircom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200304301259.39771.mistry.7@osu.edu> cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Audio sampling from bt848-based cards X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 16:59:43 -0000 On Wednesday 30 April 2003 11:59 am, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > with trying to understand the pcm framework at the same time as trying to > separate the linux bits from the btaudio bits - three unkowns were > getting too much - then I got too busy with other things. I get the > distinct impression it should be quite straightforward for someone > practiced at porting linux audio drivers to BSD pcm. > > -- > C:>WIN | Directable Mirrors > The computer obeys and wins. |A Better Way To Focus The Sun > You lose and Bill collects. | licenses available - see: > | http://www.sohara.org/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-multimedia > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-multimedia-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Wouldn't there be an issue of GPL code vs. BSD license in porting the code? I ask since my sound card only has linux GPL drivers and the chipset manufactuer doesn't want to release the spec, but I'm hesitant to look at the GPL code since then whatever I get from it wouldn't that have to be GPL'd and then now be able to be included in the kernel? -- Anish Mistry