On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 17:22:24 +0100 (CET), Olivier Kaloudoff <kalou@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 8 Nov 2004, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > > > As of today I believe that you cannot run any 1394 audio device under > > Alsa. There are no released drivers for any of these sort of units. > > > > A while back Steve Harris indicated that there was some work underway > > to support these but I've heard nothing since. I might be willing to > > pick one up and be a beta tester if there is a real effort to make > > these work. > > > > Sorry for such news. I hope someone pops up and indicates I'm wrong > > because it would e good news for laptop users. > > Hi Mark, > > thank you for the quick answer. Indeed, looking for alsa and > firewire, I found "FreeBob", the open source project to have Bebob under > Linux. Well, I don't know anything about FreeBob, but seeing that it's only in the planning stage I expect you should not buy new hardware and consider using this anytime soon. > > Some previous posts made me think that the specs were all open, > but the freebob developpers probably did not managed to get them all due > to an NDA. Many of the specs are out in the open, as you say. I think most or all of the ones needed to support the cards you are interested in are openly available. I think it really comes down to finding some developers that are interested and willing to take on the work to make it happen. > > As I really really want to use advanced sound hardware with my > Linux Laptop, would you know if there is a project like "Linuxant" or > ndiswrapper, that would allow people to use the Winblows driver under > linux ? (I'm doing this already for my Wifi broadcom based pcmcia card) There are none that I know of unfortunately. I've been part fo the 1394 developer's list, as well as the user's list, for years. I'm pretty sure a question or two would have come up over the years, but to the best of my knowledge not a single thread has been written. You're doing better than me with the ndiswrapper stuff. Wireless works great for me under Windows but I cannot send a packet in Linux even though all the info says my Broadcom chip is supported. - Mark
