Re: [LAU] RME Hammerfall Firmware Rev 10

On 6/13/07, Marc-Olivier Barre <mobarre@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> On 6/12/07, Ivica Ico Bukvic <ico@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> > > >From the readme for the new firmware:
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > That sounds pretty darn important. That being said, the irony is that the
> > current HDSP is EOL since cardbus interfaces are disappearing with desktop
> > pci->pcmcia adapters and a few remaining laptops being last of the kind...
> >
> > Any news on whether RME will release a pciexpress version of HDSP?
>
> This is certainly good news, but should this prevent us to finance a
> new driver release ?
>
> There are certainly a good number of multifaces out there that could
> use an upgrade. People are not going to migrate to a PCI-e version
> right away.
>
> Am I wrong ?

Given that PCIe cards will have their own independent busses, it will
offer a lot of advantages over the PCI, and even firewire when using
multiple devices. I would LIKE to get the PCIe version of the AES-32,
and if I need to send it to somebody to play around with for a month
or two to get it working, so be it.

-Reuben
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Received on Thu Jun 14 00:15:01 2007