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From: jkh@whisker.lotus.ie
Subject: Re: [available] sound applications: xboing, tracker and NetBSD-0.8.sound
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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 22:24:40 GMT
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Amancio Hasty Jr wrote in article <hastyCDzwJp.9D5@netcom.com> :
>If you are running XFree86 you may run into a memory leak which I fix
>in the mit code for XS3. Also, I doubt that Xboing will be much fun without
>a graphics co-processor.
I know that, also - don't be so hasty (erm, no pun intended :) in assuming
that I'm running XFree86 1.3. 1.9E works great with my S3 card,
and with no "memory leaks" that I've been able to see.
>I doubt it in fact I am having a "blast" over here with the kernel.
You missed my point entirely. I wasn't implying that it was unreliable.
I can see you missed about 6 weeks worth of very heated discussion in
the Linux camp regarding GPL'd code in the kernel, or have never read
the GPL, so I'll just save everyone the bother of even trying to
explain what I meant - it's too involved!
>>I assume they were compiled to use ZMAGIC and not QMAGIC? Otherwise
>>they most definately won't work on all *BSD systems!
>
>This sounds to me like a little bit of pity politics.
EH? What the heck is that supposed to mean? I made an observation:
If you compile QMAGIC execs, then they'll only run on NetBSD. Full
stop. What's political about that? It's important to make that
clear, since there are still a lot of 386BSD (and an increasing number
of FreeBSD) systems out there.
>If anyone ones to get the sources for the soundblaster driver,
>I already stated the ftp sites where is available , I can
>also move the bloody SB driver to sunvis.. but I thought that it
As long as the README in the directory states where to get everything,
I don't believe you're in violation of the GPL. I was just trying to
point out a simple fact here, Amancio - no need to get steamed! Go
read the GPL again then yell at Stallman, not me.
>As for the binaries compiled under NetBSD-0.8, there is only one
>format available and it is the same as for 386bsd-0.1.
Sorry, but this is just wrong.
>
>I suggest that either FreeBSD or NetBSD do provide a kernel with
>support for such cards as the soundblaster.
We'd love to. Someone care to write us a non-GPL'd version?
JOrdan
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