[LAU] ffado streaming mode

[porl sheean]

a while ago i purchased a focusrite saffire pro 26io. it has finally
come to a point where it is quite reliably useful as an interface for
jack/ardour (the latency isn't brilliant, but i'm pretty sure that is
the fault of my firewire chipset).

i found out recently that unfortunately, in order to get teh device
working as a basic 'summing mixer' for live work (i wanted to
essentially use it as a basic 8 in 1 out preamp to send to a small
desk at a venue) it needs to be set in 'streaming mode'. i can get
this working by starting jack and just leaving that running, but i was
wondering if anyone knew of an easier way (maybe one of ffado's
command line utilities? there seem to be a lot in there and i don't
know what half of them do). if not, would it be difficult to write a
small app that basically just 'turns on streaming'? or should i just
keep using jack? (i am hesitant to do this as i have still had a few
issues with dropouts, and as you can imagine at a live performance
this could be a problem).

thanks for any advice
porl