Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 16:54:47 +0100 From: Marc van Kempen <marc@bowtie.nl> To: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3d drivers from Creative for Linux Message-ID: <199901291554.QAA21782@bowtie.nl> In-Reply-To: luigi's message of Fri, 29 Jan 1999 14:28:55 %2B0100. <199901291328.OAA13341@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
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> > Did you guys see this? They also talk about xBSD compatibility. > > that only about graphics cards i think. No mention of *BSD audio > drivers. And it seems that they are very clear on binary-only drivers. > > I guess i can talk to this guy to see if they have any intention to > produce some sort of KLD drivers for FreeBSD but other than that, > buying support from 4FrontTech seems a better option to me. > Ofcourse, but the part about video drivers is definitely interesting. I just had a talk with Ton Roosendaal (author of the Blender 3d modeling package) how bad the support for hardware accelerated 3d cards is now on Free Unix platforms, contrary to BeOS and Winblows, but being able to run these (not-yet-existing) drivers is definitely very interesting. Regards, Marc. ---------------------------------------------------- Marc van Kempen BowTie Technology Email: marc@bowtie.nl WWW & Databases tel. +31 40 2 43 20 65 fax. +31 40 2 44 21 86 http://www.bowtie.nl ---------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
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