khim@sch57.msk.ru said:
>  Here was long discussion on subject already. Short summary: it's
> binary only driver and so you can use it only in certain versions of
> kernel and even then there are no guarantee that this will work in all
> confirations of kernel. So if you already have SB Live it's good news
> for you: even binary driver is better then nothing. But if you want
> decent PCI Sound Card then better buy something Trident 4DWave based
> and use ALSA instead...


I seem to recall that Creative have said from the start that it was their 
intention to release a binary driver 'to at least get people up and running', 
and to follow it up with proper documentation and sample source code as soon 
as possible.

Be fair - they may have restrictions on the code they're already using, so
they're not allowed to release it. 

They're working on the documentation, and a driver that they can release in
source form - but as a stopgap, they're releasing a binary. That's reasonable 
enough, isn't it?


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