From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Takashi Iwai Subject: Re: [Alsa-devel] Firewire Audio Card Support Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 20:19:42 +0100 Message-ID: References: <31148074.1100630541337.JavaMail.root@scooter.psp.pas.earthlink.net> <419C9D47.4090606@x-i.net> <200411181515.52218.olaf@solutionworks.de> <20041118143205.GA21282@login.ecs.soton.ac.uk> <419CB554.3080709@esitcom.org> <419CBCAB.6040409@esitcom.org> <419CFE12.1070908@esat.kuleuven.ac.be> Reply-To: "The Linux Audio Developers' Mailing List" Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.5 - "Awara-Onsen") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: In-Reply-To: <419CFE12.1070908-8ZVx2yYfyutX2QMWbMbClIble9XqW/aP@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-audio-dev-bounces-oG0YroN0ZiqENrSoib9kfje48wsgrGvP@public.gmane.org Errors-To: linux-audio-dev-bounces-oG0YroN0ZiqENrSoib9kfje48wsgrGvP@public.gmane.org To: Pieter Palmers Cc: Amaury Jacquot , linux-audio-user-oG0YroN0ZiqENrSoib9kfje48wsgrGvP@public.gmane.org, alsa-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, linux-audio-dev-oG0YroN0ZiqENrSoib9kfje48wsgrGvP@public.gmane.org List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org At Thu, 18 Nov 2004 19:54:58 +0000, Pieter Palmers wrote: > > Why don't we support the manufacturers that do support us? After all, > there are some that provide us with what we need, and I don't see that > mentioned that often. I'm quite confident that for most needs you can > find a card from a manufacturer that supports ALSA development. Correct > me if I'm wrong, but I got the impression that for example RME and ESI > actively support the development of ALSA drivers for their producs. Well, the ALSA support shall be achieved sooner or later :) But it's true that there is still a significant gap between the product release and the support on Linux. Once people recognize the importance of Linux desktop, this gap will be decreaed, I guess. My biggest concern is the chaos like what has happend on USB audio/midi (or look at ACPI). I really hope such a theatrical confusion won't happen on fireware audio. The precised specification doesn't always lead to a good result :) Takashi