[linux-audio-dev] Firewire support in Linux

[Andreas Kuckartz]

The "ongoing development of a Linux driver" for the BridgeCo hardware is FreeBob
(http://freebob.sourceforge.net/).

Cheers,
Andreas

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jan Depner" <eviltwin69 at cableone.net>
To: "Linux_Audio_Dev" <linux-audio-dev at music.columbia.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 10:58 PM
Subject: [linux-audio-dev] Firewire support in Linux


>
>     I was interested in the thread about firewire audio device support
> in Linux a while back.  Just the other day I noticed that Presonus is
> just up the road from where I live so I thought I'd drop them a line and
> ask about their two firewire interfaces and if they would consider
> releasing specs to the Linux audio community to get drivers written for
> them.  I received two responses, both of which seem promising:
>
>
> > Hi Jan,
> > We have a Linux fan within our engineering group. I feel certain that
> > we
> > could provide driver information for the development of Linux based
> > FireWire connectivity.
> > .
> > .
> > .
> > Please let us know who to contact.
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Jim Odom
> > President/CEO
> > PreSonus Corporation
> > 225-216-7887 ext. 107
>
> and:
>
>
> > Mr. Depner
> > I'm the engineer interested in Linux that Jim Odom spoke of.  I in no
> > way
> > claim to be even an experienced Linux user, I like the idea behind
> > it.  I
> > can tell you that there is ongoing development of a Linux driver for
> > products based on the firewire solution that we employ.  The name of
> > the
> > company whose solution we use is BridgeCo...you might be able to
> > google some
> > info...no promises.  I'm not sure what they've released to the open
> > source
> > community at this point...but I can tell you they are working on it.
> > Thanks
> > for your interest in PreSonus and BridgeCo, and if you find out
> > something...let me know!
>
>
>     Just thought I'd throw this out on the list to see what feedback I
> get.  I hope I didn't step on anyone's toes.  If you know someone who
> would be interested in working on drivers please pass this to them.
> Contact information for Presonus is available on their web page.
>
>
> Jan