Re: Linux K7M Soundrivers found on ASUS CD

[Jeff Garzik]

[e-mail] wrote:
> 
> Hello
> 
> Maybe you are as Surprised a i was but...
> 
> There are Sounddrivers on the CD that came with my Asus K7M
> there are two Versions /cdrom/Audio/LINUX/CALDERA/  and
> /cdrom/Audio/LINUX/REDHAT/
> 
> They basically contain the same.
> 
> The Sound Drivers are Compiled for Kernel Version 2.2.5
> To try them on a different Kernel you have to modify the
> vinstall script by replacing all occurences of 2.2.5 with
> your Kernel Version for example with 2.2.14

Thanks to Rolf for posting this, I didn't know this either.

These drivers are the ones for which I have source code (under NDA), and
are the basis for the upcoming open source "native" via sound driver.

It should also be noted that the Via sound chip does not have 100%
hardware MIDI, but merely an additional PCM channel for which MIDI data
can be piped.  You would need to use a userspace solution, or perhaps
the SoftOSS wave table engine, in order to get MIDI support.

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