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(0 replies, posted in DriverPack Sound)

Johannes Anderwald is achieving many goals in the audio development of ReactOS.

It's now possible to playback audio files.

I believe it's time to test the audio drivers functionality...

Volunteers are welcomed.

Official ReactOS website

I just discovered this interesting page @ Seagate:

http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/s … cId=201413

It claims the "GPL source code" for some drivers (networked storage, particularry).

Hope that helps, or at least inspires !

note: already reported to UNIATA author too, obviously.

UNIAUD is a generic OS/2 MMPM audio driver that supports the vast majority of audio hardware.

Based on the Linux ALSA project, it is designed to address the needs of enterprises and SoHo/Endusers running the IBM OS/2 platform. Its sophisticated architecture minimizes development effort for the support of new audio hardware and ensures both high quality and current OS/2 support without the amount of work normally involved in creating an OS/2 audio device driver.
 
UNIAUD at a glance
* A single OS/2 sound driver that provides support for nearly all audio chipsets and systems available on the market today and in the future. No more audio hardware specific changes to the Operasting System are necessary - a "one size fits all" approach. As a side efffect, this also eliminates the quality problems of most traditional OS/2 sound drivers.

* Directly based on ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture), the standard for audio support on Linux with hundreds of sound cards and chipsets supported today and new ones constantly being added.

* Modular architecture makes the process of supporting new hardware extremely efficient and cost effective

* Contains own UNIAUD API which gives access to almost all audio hardware internals. UNIAUD API adds multicard/multichannel capbilitioes and unique mixer controls to your audio applications

Links:
- Official website
- Universal Audio Driver 1.1.4 RC6 page
- UniAud Project: The one-and-only soundcards device driver.

I'm NOT a developer so I don't know if the port is easy or, BTW it shouldn't be so difficult 'cause OS/2 and Windows are cousins...

Anyway i hope that someone could be inspired by this post !

Marco Ravich

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(3 replies, posted in Feature Requests)

OverFlow wrote:

we have an upgrade for that...

Well, the installer is cool, but just installs. And is it open sourced ?

BTW, I mean an application that allows users to keep their drivers updated and to collect their compatibility feedbacks to built a sort-of "DriverGuide's  Driver Summary for each driver. yikes

I just discovered (thanks to this MSFN 3ad)  Unknown Devices:

Unknown Devices helps you find what those unknown devices in Device Manager really are.

By checking Device Manager for unknown devices and extracting information from it, this program attempts to figure out what the device is. You might not have to open your case or look up random numbers off of PCI cards to figure out what they are.

Program supports Win95, 98, 98se, Me, 2k, XP and 2003 but not NT. It also attempts to support future OSes.
It runs fine from a CD or floppy. It's free for personal and (especially) business use.

Official website

It would be great to have an open source alternative for it, that could help the improvement of my "driver update manager" idea.

I also discovered DriverControl (a .NET application that searches and updates the newest drivers for your system) and DriverForge (a program that  automatically install all drivers from a specified location).

Dunno if this helps, but i hope that at least inspires ! wink

Well, as already submitted in other 3ads, i would like to see an "open source turn" for the DriverPacks project.

I belive we can start with an open source drivers pack build, that could attract developers/testers for extend and try them.

The simplest way would be grab the ROS ones, IMHO:

svn.reactos.org/reactos/trunk/reactos/drivers/

Then we can go ahead indipendently, by adding new and customized drivers.

Do you like the idea ?


SOME INTERESTING ARTICLES ON THE TOPIC:
- Intel: Why Open-Source Drivers Work
- Why Some Vendors Refuse to Open Source Drivers

We finally entered the "Universal driver" era; so, after the Universal VGA/SVGA driver, here's the news:

Who and why need this driver ? Let me tell you: it worth installing UniATA if vendor of your new motherboard do not want to supply you with drivers for your old OS. Or vice versa, you have old motherboard and want to install new Windows with it. Of course, it is possible to use standard (generic) drivers those most probably supports this hardware. But what about performance ? You will have PIO mode with 0.5 - 3 Mb/sec transfer rate. UniATA shall use DMA or UltraDMA and have up to 10 times better performance. There is still one common problem with modern hard driver of more than 128 Gb capacity (also known as LBA-48 or BigLba). Old OSes do not support such drives at all, new ones require latest Service Packs. UniATA has built-in support for large drives. And at last - upgrade or downgrade of the motherboard. If you simply connect your harddisk to different motherboard, the driver of the previous one shall not recognize new IDE controller. And the system shall not boot. You will have to connect everything back, change IDE drivers to generic ones, reboot and reconnect hardware again, then change drivers to new ones. You cannot even think about walking with bootable harddrive to some other computers. Or resign yourself to have 0.5 - 3 Mb/sec transfer rate. Since UniATA supports numerous IDE controllers and in addition is capable of driving all standard (onboard primary/secondary) controllers, this problem also appears to be solved. Below you can find more detailed and more technical feature list.

Supported devices:

    * Acard ATP850 ATA-33, ATP860A ATA-66, ATP860R ATA-66, ATP865A ATA-133, ATP865R ATA-133
    * ALI M5289 SATA, M5288 SATA2, M5287 SATA, M5281 SATA
      M5229 UDMA6 ATA-133, M5229 UDMA5 ATA-100, M5229 UDMA4 ATA-66
      M5229 UDMA2 ATA-33, M5229 WDMA2 IDE DMA
    * AMD 756 ATA-66, 766 ATA-100, 768 ATA-100, 8111 ATA-133
    * ATI IXP200 ATA-100, IXP300 ATA-133, IXP400 ATA-133
      IXP300 SATA, IXP400 SATA, IXP400 SATA
    * HighPoint HPT372 ATA-133, HPT370 ATA-100, HPT368 ATA-66, HPT366 ATA-66
      HPT372 ATA-133, HPT372 ATA-66, HPT302 ATA-133, HPT371 ATA-133, HPT374 ATA-133
    * Intel PIIX IDE DMA, PIIX3 IDE DMA, PIIX4 ATA-44, PIIX4 ATA-33, PIIX4 ATA-33
      ICH0 ATA-33, ICH ATA-66, ICH ATA-66
      ICH2 ATA-100, ICH2 ATA-100, ICH3 ATA-100, ICH3 ATA-100
      ICH4 ATA-100, ICH4 ATA-100
      ICH5 EB ATA-100,ICH5 EB1 SATA, ICH5 EB2 SATA
      6300ESB ATA-100, 6300ESB1 SATA, 6300ESB2 SATA
      ICH6 ATA-100, ICH6 SATA, ICH6M SATA
      ICH7 ATA-100, ICH7 SATA2
      63XXESB2 ATA-100, 63XXESB2 SATA2
      ICH8 SATA2, ICH8M SATA2
    * nVidia nForce ATA-100
      nForce2 ATA-133, nForce2 Pro ATA-133, nForce2 Pro S1 SATA
      nForce3 ATA-133, nForce3 Pro ATA-133, nForce3 Pro S1 SATA, nForce3 Pro S2 SATA
      nForce MCP ATA-133, nForce MCP S1 SATA, nForce MCP S2 SATA
      nForce CK804 ATA-133, nForce CK804 S1 SATA2, nForce CK804 S2 SATA2
      nForce MCP51 ATA-133, nForce MCP51 S1 SATA2, nForce MCP51 S2 SATA2
      nForce MCP55 ATA-133, nForce MCP55 S1 SATA2, nForce MCP55 S2 SATA2
    * National Geode SC1100 ATA-33
    * Promise PDC20246 ATA-33, PDC20262 ATA-66, PDC20263 ATA-66
      PDC20265 ATA-100, PDC20267 ATA-100, PDC20268 ATA-100, PDC20269 ATA-133
      PDC20270 ATA-100, PDC20271 ATA-133, PDC20275 ATA-133, PDC20276 ATA-133, PDC20277 ATA-133
      PDC20318 SATA, PDC20319 SATA, PDC20371 SATA, PDC20375 SATA
      PDC20376 SATA, PDC20377 SATA, PDC20378 SATA, PDC20379 SATA
      PDC20617 ATA-133, PDC20618 ATA-133, PDC20619 ATA-133, PDC20620 ATA-133
    * ServerWorks ROSB4 ATA-33, CSB5 ATA-100, CSB5 ATA-66, CSB6 ATA-100, CSB6 ATA-66
      HT1000 ATA-100, HT1000 SATA, HT1000 SATA, K2 SATA, Frodo4 SATA, Frodo8 SATA
    * SiI 3114 SATA, 3512 SATA, 3112 SATA
      0680 ATA-133
    * CMD 649 ATA-100, 648 ATA-66, 646U2 ATA-33, 646 IDE DMA, 640 IDE
    * SiS ATA-xxx
    * VIA ATA-xxx, 6410 ATA-133, 6420 SATA, 6421 SATA, 8237A SATA
    * Cypress 82C693 IDE DMA
    * Cenatek Rocket Drive IDE DMA
    * Cyrix 5530 ATA-33
    * RZ 100x IDE
    * ITE IT8172 ATA-33, IT8212F ATA-133
    * HiNT VXII EIDE IDE DMA

Official website
latest stable version
latest beta (and sources rar / tgz)

wink

I discovered that Unattended Boot CD for Windows 98/98se published driverpacks for 98:

Index for the Driver Packs for Windows 98se
v1.01
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DP_w98_1.01.exe  is 12.4 MB and extracts to 45.9 MB
DP_w98_2.01.exe  is 8.88 MB and extracts to 40.5 MB
DP_w98_3.01.exe  is 14.5 MB and extracts to 49.5 MB
DP_w98_4.01.exe  is 1.08 MB and extracts to 3.71 MB
DP_w98_5.01.exe  is 2.34 MB and extracts to 5.32 MB
DP_w98_6.01.exe  is 523 KB and extracts to 1.89 MB
DP_w98_7.01.exe  is 105 KB and extracts to 36.4 KB

total: 39.8 MB extracting to 147 MB uncompressed
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** Driver Packs 1 **

ATI Radeon 9800 series
ATI Radeon 9700 series
ATI Radeon 9600 series
ATI Radeon 9500 series
ATI Radeon 9200 series
ATI Radeon 9100 series
ATI Radeon 9000 series
ATI Radeon 8500 series
ATI Radeon 7500 series
ATI Radeon 7200 series
ATI Radeon 7000 series
ATI Radeon Xpress 200 series
** and all "All-In-Wonder" variants of the every ATI Radeon series family above.
SiS 315
SiS 530
SiS 6326
SiS 635
SiS 645
SiS 733
SiS 735
Trident Blade XP-T64
S3 ProSavageDDR
ASUS VANTA2000
ASUS V3800 Series
ASUS V6600 Series
ASUS V6800 Series
ASUS V7100 Series
ASUS V7700 Series
ASUS V8200 Series
ASUS V8170 Series
ASUS V8420 Series
ASUS V8440 Series
ASUS V8460 Series
ASUS V9180 Series   
ASUS V9280 Series   
ASUS CUA Series
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** Driver Packs 2 **

SiS 650
VIA-S3 UniChrome
VIA VT8361
VIA VT8601
VIA VT850
ATi Rage 128
ATi Rage 128 Pro
Voodoo3
Voodoo4
Voodoo5
Voodoo Banshee
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** Driver Packs 3 **

NVIDIA GeForce2 Integrated GPU
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 100/200
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400
NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS/GeForce2 Pro
NVIDIA GeForce2 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra
NVIDIA GeForce3
NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 200
NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 500
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 with AGP8X
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440SE
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440SE with AGP8X
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU
NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200
NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X
NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400
NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600
NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4800
NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200LE
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600XT
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700LE
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700VE
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800 Ultra
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900XT
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900ZT
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5300
NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750
NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900
NVIDIA GeForce 6100
NVIDIA GeForce 6100 nForce 400
NVIDIA GeForce 6100 nForce 405
NVIDIA GeForce 6100 nForce 420
NVIDIA GeForce 6100 nForce 430
NVIDIA GeForce 6150
NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE
NVIDIA GeForce 6200
NVIDIA GeForce 6200 A-LE
NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE
NVIDIA GeForce 6200 TurboCache(TM)
NVIDIA GeForce 6200SE TurboCache(TM)
NVIDIA GeForce 6500
NVIDIA GeForce 6600
NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE
NVIDIA GeForce 6600 VE
NVIDIA GeForce 6610 XL
NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL
NVIDIA GeForce 6800
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS/XT
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Series GPU
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT
NVIDIA GeForce 7025
NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV
NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE
NVIDIA GeForce 7500 LE
NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
NVIDIA GeForce 7600 LE
NVIDIA GeForce 7650 GS
NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS
NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX v2
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT/GTO
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX
NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT AGP
NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 v2
NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS
NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra
NVIDIA Quadro2 MXR/EX
NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro
NVIDIA Quadro4 380 XGL
NVIDIA Quadro4 550 XGL
NVIDIA Quadro4 580 XGL
NVIDIA Quadro4 700 XGL
NVIDIA Quadro4 750 XGL
NVIDIA Quadro4 780 XGL
NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL
NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL
NVIDIA Quadro DCC
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500
NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400/4400
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450/4000 SDI
NVIDIA Quadro FX 350
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2
NVIDIA Quadro FX 500/FX 600
NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500
NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600
NVIDIA Quadro FX 560
NVIDIA Quadro FX 700
NVIDIA Quadro NVS
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 50 PCI
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 55/280 PCI
NVIDIA Quadro NVS with AGP8X
NVIDIA Quadro PCI-E Series
SiS 661FX
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** Driver Packs 4 ** (Chipset drivers)

ALi1621
nForce2
nForce3
nForce4
VIA USB 2.0 (usb)
VIA HyperionPro 5.12

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** Driver Packs 5 ** (audio drivers)

VIA AC97
ESS 1869
Sound Blaster Live
SoundMAX AD1885

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** Driver Packs 6 **  (network drivers)

AcerLAN ALN 201
AcerLAN ALN 325
Realtek 10/100/1000 NIC Family
ADMtek AN983B
Realtek RTL8139
LanKom LB-1200U
VIA VT8233

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** Driver Packs 7 ** (Virtual Machine drivers)

VMWare mouse driver
VMWare Virtual SVGA video driver

The author is soporific, that is also the
"creator of auto-patcher for Windows 98se, the Unattended Boot CD for Windows 98se, and the Windows Update Fix for Win9x/Me.
maintainer of the complete list of hotfixes & updates for Windows 98se and the Tweaks Pack for Windows 98se."

Hope that helps...

Dunno if someone already reported it, but the following project (and not just it, to be honest) sounds really interesting:


VBEMP x86 Project Universal VESA/VBE Video Display Driver (for Windows 9x x86 Architecture)

Key features :

    * The main IDEA of the project was taken from standard XP/2003 VGA.SYS display driver with generic VESA BIOS Extensions (VBE) 1.02/2.00/3.00+ support.
    * VBEMP.DRV is a standard Windows 9xâ„¢ Video Display Driver.
    * It supports ALL of MS Windows 9xâ„¢ Family (Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows Me)
    * For proper operation my driver expects that your video card's BIOS is 100%-compatible with VESA Video BIOS extensions specification. Nowdays there are many video cards that doesn't fully supports INT10 interface, which is provided by VESA/VBE standard (See VBE FAQ below for details).
    * Supports VBE 2.00+ compliant PCI/AGP/PCI-E video cards with linear frame buffer.
    * 256color(8bit), 16bit, 24bit, 32bit true color modes support.
    * 320x200, 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024 if this resolution is supported by your video card's BIOS. *

* But I have also made a "Manual" version of the driver. It requires making of a mode list for your particular card using INFOVBE.EXE tool. You must run it from MS-DOS (Real Mode).

Planned features :

    * VESA 3.0 support (switching refresh rates)
    * Power Management (APM)
    * Write Combining (USWC)
    * VESA 3.0 support (switching refresh rates)
    * Feature to install the driver without reboot
    * VBE 1.02 Support (Banked FB > 64Kb)
    * DirectDraw Support
    * Hardware/Software Direct3D Support
    * Hardware Video Overlay Support
    * More than one device for output (display, video out device)
    * 2-bit (mono) and 4-bit (16 colors) support for testing purposes only
    * Old adapters support like EGA, CGA, Hercules etc. for testing purposes only smile

...it would be great to have something similar but open source and in SNAP feel.

Or it could be assumed as a "Graphic Driverpack for 9x" (...a possible initial milestone for 9x driverpacks...) !!!

BTW, Feedback needed !!!

Last but not least, i believe that both DP and that projects (as many many other) needs a more common feedback system, such as an online driver (and/or HW) compatibility database...

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(3 replies, posted in Feature Requests)

Simple -GPL- tool for backup hardware drivers' files. DriverBackup! preserves drivers of your hardware peripherals from injury of time,saving important files into a specified directory.So you can use these files to reinstall your perip. without CDs or Floppys

SF.net's project page

I hope this could be useful to build the Open source driver updater...

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(5 replies, posted in Feature Requests)

Ok, some other interesting finds:

UpdateStar - a free software that lets you stay up-to-date with the personal software installations on your computer. It eases your life as a software user and makes sure you always have the most up-to-date software versions. (very clear and usable UI)

filehippo.com Update Checker - (maybe) the simplest sw updater on the net.

Hope that helps.

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(3 replies, posted in Feature Requests)

EDIT: Sorry, double post.

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(3 replies, posted in Feature Requests)

Thanks to Carlo Bramix's knowledge i would share some interesting links that could help:

RBPCI

a program to display lots of information about the PCI-bus devices inside a computer. All device-specific data is stored in editable text files for ease of updates (submissions welcome!).

PCI Vendor and Device Lists

an engineering resource for people who need to deal with computers built around the PCI bus. It's reason for being is that there is no other centralized database of PCI device IDs. This database is entirely user-supported; all the data has been, and continues to be, furnished by those working in the PCI market. Feel free to add info for the use of others!

wink

I think that it's something that my Open source driver update manager idea could provide.

I also suggested michael79 to update its ROSi to support drivers too.

HaPpY CoDiNg !

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(5 replies, posted in Feature Requests)

The best solution should be a driver manager, IMO.

The original idea aims to collect detailed HW configurations (through an automatic standalone "system information grabber" bootdisk) from user's machine(s) to allow OSes developers to better match compatibility issues.

After some discussion, i realized that this kind of database could be used for mutch many goals such as:

1. Collecting drivers performances/functionality related to machine configuration (to be clear: a more-reliable  Driver Guide-like rating panel);

2. Generating specific (aka per-user) RSS-like feeds for drivers update;

3. Collecting/comparing more detailed and reliable machine performances and relative stats (such as techPowerUp! Overclocking Database's Automated Test Suite);

4. Help manufacturers to improve their products compatibility with other components;

5. <anything else>


Let me know what you think.

After some licensing discussion, drivers now included in ReactOS !!!  lol

0.3.3 changelog -Audio Stack
* Port Class (PORTCLS): Minor adjustments so that this now compiles without error. A lot of work still needed (Andrew Greenwood)
*  Kernel Streaming (KS): Again, minor adjustments to KS itself and its headers (Andrew Greenwood)
* Drivers: NT4 style drivers now deprecated, WDM-style drivers to be used instead (Andrew Greenwood)
Magnus Olsen has also imported some open-source C-Media WDM audio drivers (these do not compile for us yet)
* Legacy support: Removed WDMAUD.DRV (pending a rewrite) and also begun clean rewrite of MMDRV.DLL (Andrew Greenwood)

Maybe my "fault" ?  cool

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(5 replies, posted in Feature Requests)

Bâshrat the Sneaky wrote:

That package manager is already available? Or in development?

Working, check this out: http://youtube.com/watch?v=qk1qEvXfM8A

EDIT: more (open source) managers links, more fun !!!

1. WPM
2. win-get
3. TGUP
4. JackGet
5. ROSi, of course.

Last but not least, note that WinLibre submitted the idea to SoC 2007.

For those who are interested in, here's what the Echo Digital Audio Corporation' Software Developer Page claims:

Interested in writing your own driver for Echo’s hardware? Then you need the generic driver code. This is the cross-platform C++ library used for our Windows and Mac PCI and Cardbus drivers.

Source code is provided under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License.

Just discovered this website:

http://cmediadrivers.googlepages.com/

This project aims at developing drivers for C-Media 8738 / 8768 based soundcards, focusing on providing a bloat-free, stable and reliable alternative to the official drivers in order to squeeze the most out of the hardware.

A PCI soundcard with a C-Media chip and Windows 2000/XP/Vista are required to run this driver. Due to arbitrary driver signing restrictions, the 64 bit version of Windows Vista is currently not supported although there's a workaround for installing and running the driver. However, they're fully compatible with the 64 bit version of XP and the 32 bit versions of every aforementioned OS.

I hope someone is interested in collaborating with the author to improve them...
I also hope it could be the 1st step to have more open source drivers here...
Last but not least check out my 3ad @ ROS forum

Hope that helps !

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(5 replies, posted in Feature Requests)

Bâshrat the Sneaky wrote:

this project can be of little use for ReactOS, because ReactOS seems to require open source drivers...

Well, not exactly. ReactOS (for those who don't know, it's the "open source Windows NT clone" project; check out the Wikipedia entry and the Official website) works with closed source drivers but many of them has to be tested with it.

Contributors & testers are welcome. tongue


Bâshrat the Sneaky wrote:

which is something that's not been done by the DriverPacks.net project before, nor will it be done, at least not by me.

Where there's life there's hope wink

Bâshrat the Sneaky wrote:

However, such a driver update program may exist in the future, since we're now building a database system for automatically building the Driverpacks, but we can of course build other apps around that database as well - which also was/is the goal.

Again, a sort of open source package manager ("driver manager" in this case) would be great to me.

Hi everyone,
DriverPacks are really cool, but i found a contraddiction: i really like the "essentiality" of each driver (no stupid bundled apps or useless control panels, etc) but is not so good to download a whole pack fur just one driver (for both bandwidth - yours and users' one).

My suggestion is to build a sort of CVS accessible by a software that can manage the driver download.

Here's 2 open source softwares that can do this (if customized):

Download !

Update All


I also wanna invite you to check out the DP-related 3ads (this and this) on ReactOS forum and interesting discussions (..Driver Development Kit.. and Open Sourcing Windows 9x).