Dear all,
It's it very sad if you read the flowing lines: (* SB Live!: Driver
development started but still months away from beta due to no
documentation. We are investigating some other mechanisms of developing
the driver by means of reverse engineering and/or using PCI bus logic
analyzers. Managed to get the AC97 mixers and the MIDI port working. So
you can only hear AudioCDs and use the MPU401 MIDI port. No beta release
dates available yet. *)
It's very sad that some hardware producing companies. Aren't putting any
effort in supporting Linux. It's sad enough that they aren't writing
drivers and even sadder that they don't deliver data for people who want
to write drivers. :-(
Maybe there should be a mechanism that tells these hardware producers
how many people are waiting for the drivers. Than they will know how big
their market is. To be serious i want to buy a sound blaster live but as
long as there is no driver for Linux i won't buy it. This shows how very
grateful Creative labs should be that there are very enthusiastic people
who are writing the drivers in spite of the obstruction of Creative
labs.
Regards,
Joop Boonen.
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