Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 15:02:30 -0800 From: C Gray <frankfenderbender@council124.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: sound-card/driver question Message-ID: <8F08E935-33A8-4B5F-9057-51FAD51DA97D@council124.org>
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I have a Dell PowerEdge T300 server which has the following slots = available: slot 1: 3.3-V, full-length PCIe x4 with x8 connector slot 2: 3.3-V, full-length PCIe x4 slot 3: 3.3-V, full-length PCIe x8 slot 4: 3.3-V, full-length PCIe x8 slot 5: 3.3-V, full-length PCI-X The system is based around: Xeon X3440 @ 2.50 GHz Quad core 2GB DDR3 RAM. It's been said that a driver supported for Vista will work with for = FreeBSD. The card I am looking at works with Microsoft Windows7, Vista, and XP. It's PCI-X based, and would, thus, be inserted into [my] slot 5: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer SB0770 7.1-Channel PCI = Sound Card My question is whether the CD of sound card drivers are in a = standardized format such that,=20 FreeBSD/TrueOS can use them, as is, just as the Microsoft-verified = environments do? Do they even use the same suffix? Are they well-written enough to = discover the platform whereon they are expected to run (*that is, to "drive"). It the OS discovers the = driver rather than the driver=20 discovering the OS, the same functional use may be achieved, however, = I'm ignorant other than=20 guessing as to how drivers work and what is required for that to take = place. Where are they stored in Windows and in FreeBSD, and how do I install = the proper one from the=20 disk accompanying the card (most likely meant for Microsoft's = toolset/installer. I do recognize that [cr]Apple spent more time avoiding Linux and Windows = standards for=20 customer-control reasons... for their bottom line. So, I am hoping that = the line "canyon" between=20 FreeBSD and Windows is negligible, if non-existent w/r/t card access and = driver installs. Suggestions? Thanks, C Gray frankfenderbender@council124.org
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