Hi, Tuesday 02 September 2003 10:42 skrev Daniel James: > > > Would it be worth an ALSA or USB developer approaching M Audio > > > offering to write such a firmware loader > > > > Probably not, because I'm writing it already. > > Glad to hear it! > > > (It's the > > madfu-firmware module in the usb-midi-fw project on SourceForge, > > but it isn't yet complete.) > > I don't see any reason why there shouldn't be direct collaboration > with M Audio on this particular bit of the software. There's an > obvious commercial advantage for the company, given that the number > of Linux desktops may have already passed the number of Macs in the > world - if not, it's only a matter of time. > > I bought a Delta 1010 specifically to use with Linux because of the > good ALSA support. It would be great to have full Linux/ALSA support > across the whole M Audio/Midiman range. I was going to post something in a similar vein, but I forgot. I too am using M Audio cards for pretty much the same reasons. I think contacting them is a good idea regardless if we can actually "do it ourselves". It is possible that they will actually help. Though more importantly it shows them that we (the linux community) are _here_. And that it's time they started to actively direct some attention our way. /Robert
