> The official statement is that there will be no support for ALSA > (Linux) FireWire drivers from RME. In other words there will be no > such drivers, as it is impossible to write them without tons of > hardware and software documentation from RME. And we won't share these > information with anyone. since complaining about this at the rme support i got the following response: > FW Audio gibt es derzeit unter Alsa gar nicht. Und sehr viel von dem, > was beim FF800 FW-technisch unter Windows geschieht, ist > Eigenentwicklung. Wir w?rden also mit einem OS-ALSA-Treiber bzw. der > daf?r notwendigen Hardware-Dokumentation in mehrfacher Weise unserer > Konkurrenz unter die Arme greifen. Bitte haben Sie Verst?ndnis da?r, > da? das nicht in unserem Sinne sein kann. Es geht nicht um eine > prinzipielle Abkehr von Linux. a short translation: currently there is no firewire audio support in alsa. a lot of the firewire technology for windows has been their development. it's not that they generally stop linux support... cheers ... tim -- mailto:TimBlechmann@xxxxxx ICQ: 96771783 http://www.mokabar.tk After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say "I want to see the manager." William S. Burroughs
