Hallo, Tim Blechmann hat gesagt: // Tim Blechmann wrote: > > 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... And to translate the missing, but IMO important part "With an OS-ALSA-dirver or the needed hardware documentation we would support our competitors in several ways. Please understand, that this cannot be in our interest." So basically they want to protect their investment in getting knowledge of how to implement a powerful firewire interface from the eyes of other hardware manufacturers. It's a pity, of course, but also somehow understandable. It's still good that they were and are supportive regarding their PCI cards. This is different from a company like NVidia, which not only hides docs for their competitive 3D-cards, but also docs about network adapters and onboard soundchips. So with NVidia it's a company philosophy to not talk to open source developers at all, with RME it's just restricted to their new FW box. (Usual plug: People should stop buying NVidia stuff, but not RME cards.) Well, lets just hope, Freebob is successful, as this will generate a nice kind of pressure in the FW world in general, to which RME might bow later, too. ;) Morale of story: Always buy old hardware of about one year ago at least. Ciao -- Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org__
