RE: [OT] SB Live! drivers released for Linux

Mark Orr (markorr@intersurf.com)
Mon, 03 May 1999 18:28:16 -0500 (CDT)


On 02-May-99 Aaron Tiensivu wrote:
> I haven't downloaded them yet but I just got the news.
> http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux/
>
> They also released drivers for the 3D Blaster Banshee too.
> I can now properly play q3test. :)

Whoa...not so fast. That banshee driver is an X server
not Banshee glide...that's Darryl Strauss's work, not
Creative's. Glide for Voodoo3/Voodoo Banshee isnt done yet,
almost, but not quite.

(Strauss reports that it's "compiled and together execept for
X server interaction"...which isnt necessarily trivial)

There already was a Voodoo Banshee X server (on Darryl Strauss'
page), and it's better and supports more acceleration than
Creative's version.

Watch:

http://glide.xxedgexx.com/status.html
(glide porting status)
http://glide.xxedgexx.com/3DfxRPMS_vb_glibc.html
(voodoo banshee/Voodoo3 X server)

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