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.
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Dan Nelson
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