VoxWare sound driver v2.5 ------------------------- The snd-driv-2.5.beta.tar.gz contains a beta release of the VoxWare sound driver v2.5 for Linux, SCO and FreeBSD. The snd-util-2.5.tar.gz contains some additional utilities. It's almost identical with the earlier ones (2.0, 2.3, 2.4). The only difference is that this version compiles easier with other than Linux. There is also preliminary support for SVR4.2 (UnixWare) but there is still some problems with it. Sometimes the process accessing the sound driver hangs permanently. Be carefull if you test this version with SVR4.2. This version contains some minor bug fixes and some new features. For example: - Midi input for SB and SB Pro - Linear volume support for GUS. - DSP speeds up to 44.1 kHz with SB2.0. - Automatic detection of OPL-3/OPL-2. Usefull feature for owners of the old SB Pro 1. - Mixer support for GUS 3.7. - Mixer support for Sound Galaxy NX Pro (define __SGNXPRO__ on the local.h). - Maybe something more. If you have sent me a patch and it's missing, please contact me. This version will be included to Linux 1.1.X after some test period. Please report any problems you detect. I will try to fix them before giving this version to Linus. If you have planned to implement some enhancements to the driver, please wait couple of weeks. My current development version is rather different than this one. I will release a preliminary version as soon as I have time to fix some bugs. Just join the SOUND channel (see Linux HOWTO) for more info. Installation ------------ cd linux/drivers mv sound sound.old (really important step) gunzip -c snd-driv-2.5.beta.tar.gz|tar xvf - cd sound cp soundcard.h ultrasound.h /usr/include/linux cd ../.. make config make dep make Regards, Hannu Savolainen hannu@voxware.pp.fi (Hannu.Savolainen@Helsinki.fi (spare address))