On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 03:36:12 +0100, Marek Peteraj <marpet@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 01:32, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > > On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 03:19:14 +0100, Marek Peteraj <marpet@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > ???? RME never 'supported' the card under Linux. The 'supported' the > > > > developers by providing technical info. I did not purchase the card > > > > because of RME telling me it would be OK to use the card under Linux. > > > > They never stated such things. > > > > > > Unfortunately they did. To quote a part of their response: > > > "> [linux-audio-dev] RME is no more > > > > > > Complete BS. We have and will support Linux/Alsa as before. The only > > > excluded product is the Fireface." > > > > > > Marek > > > > Well, I don't know exactly what you're calling BS > > No no you don't understand, i was quoting RME. I had a discussion with > them on their forum. No, I think I do understand. I'm just saying that what what is meant by the word 'support' is different to different people. TTBOMK they never provided any drivers for any devices. They only produced technical documents, and that was quite a while ago. Times are tougher now. we've had a bad economic downturn. They are not doing things for free anymore, which is true for many companies. If they told you earlier that information for the the Fireface would be given to the Alsa developers and then later reneged then that is very unfortunate. On the other hand, if you purchased the Fireface without this promise from RME, or based on someone in the Alsa community saying something like 'RME's a great company. They always give us info. No problem. We'll do a driver for you' then that is very unfortunate. I don't understand exactly how you got yourself into this predicament. I just know it's really disappointing. I've been there. I know from experience I cannot help you. I hope someone else can. I don't know whether you'd be at all interested, but there is a Linux 1394 bus sniffer/protocol analyzer called Nosy. It requires a specific adapter card. (non-OHCI) You can capture packets being sent to the Fireface under Windows and possibly develop your own model of how to use the device. Armed with this info possibly some developer would be interested in helping out. However that's potentially a huge undertaking depending on how many things need to happen inside of the Fireface to make it work. If it's firmware doesn't require loading across 1394 then it may not be all that bad. However if it needs firmware every time it's powered up then it's a much more difficult job. Either way it's a lot of work. I've tried using Nosy to look at my 002 Rack (just for fun) and the amount of stuff getting transfered is enormous. With best regards, Mark
