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SubjectRe: You question about drivers for Linux

Can someone knoweldgable please, please, go work for them? :)

All we need is a popular hardware vendor introducing shared libs into the
kernel :)..

Having windows drivers coders doing Linux kernel code scares me. :)

On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, Jacob Hawley wrote:

> Creative intends to put out two equally important pieces for the Linux
> community.
>
> 1) An OSS Binary driver that can be used in the next few months from a company
> called 4Front. This will allow Linux users to begin using their SB-Lives
> immediately, while Creative becomes more familiar with Linux. This solves the
> immediate issue of a SB-Live working on Linux.
>
> 2) Longer term we will produce a library(.LIB) that can be linked into ALSA,
> OSS, or what ever. This library will expose the features of the chip and will
> allow for additional functionality to be added. I suspect this is what most
> people are actually asking for. In addition, we will write some form of
> programmers reference guide to the chip so that anyone not interested in using
> the library can program their own driver. We will likely put this out as a SDK,
> which will include some sample source code for initializing the chip.
>
> The timing on item #1 is as soon as possible (probably in the next few months),
> and the timing on item #2 is probably 6-9 months, depending on how long it takes
> me to hire engineers that are proficient at Linux & audio.
>
> I have added myself to this reflector so please feel free to contact me through
> that or through jacob_hawley@msn.com
>
> Jacob Hawley
> Sr. Manager, Custom Engineering
> Creative Labs, Inc.
> www.soundblaster.com
>
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