Speaking of hardware drivers, long time ago I wrote this article on
E-MU 0404 USB:
http://www.louigiverona.ru/?page=projects&s=writings&t=linux&a=linux_emu0404usb

For a long time it was my mostly read article. Some people theorized
that it is possible to make the soundcard working, but my tests have concluded
that it is surely impossible without voodoo spells.

Is there any system solution to these kind of things, when the specs are available,
but nobody cares?

L.V.