[ Thanks to Michael Larabel for this
link. ]
“Last Friday 4Front Technologies had released the binaries and
source-code to OSS 4.0 Build 1013. This new build of the Open Sound
System brings two major changes, which include the full source code
now being available for the M-Audio Revolution and Delta sound card
drivers, and a beta driver for the Sound Blast X-Fi series from
Creative Labs. While earlier Sound Blaster generations have worked
quite well with ALSA and OSS, the Creative X-Fi series is a black
sheep under Linux. The X-Fi support that Creative Labs has provided
to the Linux community has been abominable and support via ALSA
(the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) has yet to go anywhere
while support for the complete X-Fi series via OSS is just starting
to emerge. Interestingly though, Creative had provided the register
documentation and other code to 4Front Technologies for this new
‘sbxfi’ driver…”