[LAU] Phonic Helix Board 12 FireWire MKII compatibility (linux/ffado)

[pete shorthose]

Hi

I'm thinking of picking up a Phonic Helix Board 12 FireWire MKII (soundcard mixer combo)
Has anyone used this on linux with ffado and jack succesfully?
If so, are there any limitations on linux and what sort of performance did you see?
(latency vs load)
(the ffado site lists it as "reported to work" but no specifics and it's not listed as supported)

Also, I have a Ricoh R5C832 firewire chip in my inspiron 9400. I've heard Ricoh chips are
problematic so can anyone recommend a suitable expresscard firewire interface?

cheers,
pete.