Creative Labs releases X-Fi specs to FOSS coders

prorock63 · Feb 14, 2008, 07:37 AM

Creative Labs releases X-Fi specs to FOSS coders - The INQUIRER

Maybe we'll see drivers for x-fi ?

sometime.

octave · Feb 14, 2008, 02:08 PM

That's quite cool. However, it's not completely official--the ALSA guy posted a single sentence to the mailing list: "I might be able to comment on this once I get the datasheets from Creative in the next week or so.". It was in response to the release from the competing open source sound system OSS of a version with rudimentary X-Fi support. I guess OSS guys got some specs already? They have not reverse engineered the windows driver, have they?

The wording on the Creative open source site is quite strange indeed: "A customer sent the following message: Open source support (beta) for X-fi announced...." link

If this makes old Audigys cheaper, I'm all for it.

JGSF · Feb 15, 2008, 05:42 PM

After that shitty 64-bit driver they released for linux, this is good news.

ROBSCIX · Mar 7, 2008, 11:14 PM

Hopefully, we are one step closer to having the functionality of KX with the power of the X-fi DSP chip...I can only imagine the DSP setups possible! -Hopefully someday.

Schranzmeister · Apr 20, 2008, 06:50 AM

is there now a little chance that kx will support x-fi boards in the future ?

jbobchin · Apr 25, 2008, 11:36 PM

I would be "happy as a little girl" to see KX-FI! I think this also creates the possibility of an *open* version of kx for x-fi, since Eugene has said in the past that he is under NDA from Creative Labs for 10k1/2. Here's what was said at Gmane Loom

_____________________

From: James Courtier-Dutton <James <at> superbug.co.uk>
Subject: Re: OSS4 X-Fi driver port to ALSA
Newsgroups: gmane.linux.alsa.devel
Date: 2008-03-06 21:28:12 GMT (7 weeks, 1 day and 56 minutes ago)
William Pitcock wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 14:23 +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote:
>> Will anyone start porting from OSS? It doesn't look like so much
>> amount of codes...
>>
>
> I intend to port from OSS soon. I just need to learn more about the
> driver's internals.
>
> William
>

I now had some datasheets for the x-fi.
I think the first thing we should do is create a GPL version of the
header files.
Shall I do that task?

James

___________

-jbobchin

Feb 14, 2008, 07:37 AM	#1
prorock63 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	Creative Labs releases X-Fi specs to FOSS coders Creative Labs releases X-Fi specs to FOSS coders - The INQUIRER Maybe we'll see drivers for x-fi ? sometime.

Feb 14, 2008, 02:08 PM	#2
octave DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 39 Rep Power: 0	That's quite cool. However, it's not completely official--the ALSA guy posted a single sentence to the mailing list: "I might be able to comment on this once I get the datasheets from Creative in the next week or so.". It was in response to the release from the competing open source sound system OSS of a version with rudimentary X-Fi support. I guess OSS guys got some specs already? They have not reverse engineered the windows driver, have they? The wording on the Creative open source site is quite strange indeed: "A customer sent the following message: Open source support (beta) for X-fi announced...." link If this makes old Audigys cheaper, I'm all for it.

Feb 15, 2008, 05:42 PM	#3
JGSF HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 452 Rep Power: 0	After that shitty 64-bit driver they released for linux, this is good news.

Mar 7, 2008, 11:14 PM	#4
ROBSCIX DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,732 Rep Power: 0	Hopefully, we are one step closer to having the functionality of KX with the power of the X-fi DSP chip...I can only imagine the DSP setups possible! -Hopefully someday.

Apr 20, 2008, 06:50 AM	#5
Schranzmeister DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 9 Rep Power: 0	is there now a little chance that kx will support x-fi boards in the future ?

Apr 25, 2008, 11:36 PM	#6
jbobchin DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	I would be "happy as a little girl" to see KX-FI! I think this also creates the possibility of an open version of kx for x-fi, since Eugene has said in the past that he is under NDA from Creative Labs for 10k1/2. Here's what was said at Gmane Loom _____________________ From: James Courtier-Dutton <James <at> superbug.co.uk> Subject: Re: OSS4 X-Fi driver port to ALSA Newsgroups: gmane.linux.alsa.devel Date: 2008-03-06 21:28:12 GMT (7 weeks, 1 day and 56 minutes ago) William Pitcock wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 14:23 +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote: >> Will anyone start porting from OSS? It doesn't look like so much >> amount of codes... >> > > I intend to port from OSS soon. I just need to learn more about the > driver's internals. > > William > I now had some datasheets for the x-fi. I think the first thing we should do is create a GPL version of the header files. Shall I do that task? James ___________ -jbobchin