Creative pulls a linux driver from thir hat

zme-ul · September 24th, 2007, 08:50 PM

belive it or not, here it is:
Linux x86-64 X-FI driver

Quote:

This download is a beta driver providing Linux® 64-bit OS support for Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ series audio devices. For more details, read the rest of this web release note.

Take note of the following:

THIS IS AN UNSUPPORTED BETA DRIVER. There is no technical support for this driver.
We recommend that only experienced users install this driver. Do not install this driver on a system used to perform critical tasks.
Your feedback is a valuable part of our development process. To submit feedback on this driver, visit the Sound Blaster X-Fi Linux Beta Driver Feedback Program.

This download is intended for the following audio devices only:

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty®
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic

Current release features:

ALSA PCM Playback
ALSA MIDI Playback
ALSA Synth
ALSA Record
ALSA Mixer

Known issues:

This driver source will not compile with GCC version 4 and above.
S/PDIF passthrough is not supported in this driver release.
External I/O modules are not supported in this driver release.
Applications from the original Sound Blaster X-Fi Installation CD will not work with this driver.

Requirements:

Linux x86_64 OS
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi audio devices listed above.

Notes:

To install the driver, do the following:
1. Download the XFiDrv_Linux_US-1.04.tar.gz package onto your local hard disk.
2. Double-click the downloaded package to unpack its contents.
3. Read the README file and follow the instructions.

Unixlord · September 24th, 2007, 09:26 PM

I find the fact that they came up with a 64bit driver first rather amusing.

IModAmd · September 24th, 2007, 09:38 PM

Nice it's will be more eazier to pass to linux

Mac Daddy · September 24th, 2007, 11:52 PM

Now isn't that cool