Subject: [linux-audio-user] Re: [Alsa-devel] Firewire Audio Card Support
From: Amaury Jacquot (sxpert_AT_esitcom.org)
Date: Thu Nov 18 2004 - 16:44:36 EET
Steve Harris wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 03:15:52 +0100, Olaf Christ wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>as the owner of a firewire audio card (Motu 828mkII) I was disappointed when
>>trying to use it under linux. Asking Motu to provide tech docs and/or linux
>>drivers is useless: "We will possibly release linux drivers in the future,
>>but we never release any kind of technical documentation."
>
>
> That is actually a big improvemnt. When we (linuaudio.org) were demoing at
> Sounds Live in London earlier this year, the were telling thier users that
> they had no intention of supporting linux, and wouldn't release docs.
>
> Though with the number of thier users we were sending to them to ask, I
> guess they were getting a bit concerned :)
>
> - Steve
what's the rationale behind the "we won't release any docs" nonsense ?
someone needs to come out with a professionnal libre-design sound
card... (can't be that hard)
Amaury
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