Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 02:31:48 -0500 From: "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD and memetics Message-ID: <19990423023148.A220@whizkidtech.net> In-Reply-To: <51207.924838293@zippy.cdrom.com>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Thu, Apr 22, 1999 at 08:31:33PM -0700 References: <4.2.0.32.19990422144951.00c60f00@localhost> <51207.924838293@zippy.cdrom.com>
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On Thu, Apr 22, 1999 at 08:31:33PM -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > Linux is currently the darling of the desktop set and that has nothing > to do with what I may or may not have said about FreeBSD and the > desktop, it has to do with our weak audio, PCCARD and general > multimedia support. These are all things which I've gone far out of > my way to try and drum up enthusiasm for and we just don't have the > resources to match Linux here. <shyly raising hand> May I help? I cannot help with PCCARD. But what do we need in the field of audio? </shyly> Multimedia is my love. Is it device drivers that we lack? Or is it applications? I would seriously like to help. I said "shyly" because I am still relatively new to Unix. I have never written a device driver for Unix, although I have written AVATAR.SYS for MS DOS in assembly language, as well as other DOS device drivers. So I am familiar with the concept of device drivers, just would need to learn about the Unix end of it. As a matter of fact, I just read the section on device drivers on freebsd.org earlier today (oops, it's past midnight again, make that yesterday). It all makes sense, but I need an introduction to Unix device drivers. The site mentions two books with ISBN - a quick check at amazon shows both out of print, although other books are available (alas they cost more than $50). I also said "shyly" because I never worked with audio, although I did work with video. So I would need some pointers as where to learn more about audio. Finally, I said "shyly" because my audio card was hit by lightning last summer and has not been of much use since. My income is limited, so I was unable to replace it. However, if someone is willing to donate a decent audio card, lend me a book on Unix device drivers, and suggest resources I can study to learn about whatever I need to know about audio cards (perhaps sample Linux drivers), I would love to work on it. By the way, the reason I asked about the software for Matrix (thanks for the quick reply) was because over the past 3 years or so, I have been developing (off and on) a library of routines for video special effects as a Windows DLL. About a week ago I started converting it to a FreeBSD library. It is still going to take some time, and I thought if such a library already existed, I would channel my energy elsewhere. But your reply assured me I should continue working on it. Anyway, I am willing to help, providing someone helps me get jumpstarted. Adam To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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