Behringer [was Re: [linux-audio-user] Re: [linux-audio-dev]RME is no more]

[Reuben Martin]

>> > > That's a perfectly valid point.  But for every disgruntled nvidia user
>> > > there are 100 who are just happy to be able to play UT2004.  
>> > 
>> > Are you sure? I don't know but i've literally seen tons of complaints.
>> > It scared me away and i just stick with my old g400.
>> 
>> I am just judging from reports on LKML.  There seem to be a LOT of
>> people using this driver successfully.  The consensus on LKML seems to
>> be that the Nvidia driver is of high quality.  The Nvidia folks really
>> seem to stay on top of kernel development, and the driver usually works
>> with the latest kernel.org kernel, unlike some vendors who build one
>> module for one kernel version and claim to "support Linux" because it
>> works with RH9 or something equally ancient. 
>> 

>	We're running NVIDIA graphics cards and the NVIDIA driver on over 100
>systems where I work (because no other card/driver combination can do 3D
>as well - using IVS Fledermaus).  Almost all of these systems are SMP,
>most are state of the art.  We have little to no problems with the
>drivers.
>

I'm using Nvidia hw, and the 3D performance from the binary is great. However, the driver trashes my frame buffer every time I start X, so I can't use any of the VTs once I start X. This bug has been known for a year and a half now and Nvidia still hasn't fixed it. There are entire websites dedicated to hacking the old drivers with binary patches to work with kernel 2.6 just to get around this stupid bug. I appreciate the work Nvidia does to keep the driver up to date, but I tend to think this would have been fixed a long time ago if it were an open driver. I don't mind binary drivers _when_they_work_. I quickly find them irritating when there is a bug and there is nothing I can do about it. I don't like the idea of having similar situations with audio hardware.

-Reuben (RME Digi96/8 PAD user)





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