[linux-audio-dev] Firewire and Macie Onyx

(Somewhat related to recent threads.) I see that the new Mackie mixers (the Onyx series) have the possibility to put in a card with D/A converters and a FireWire connection to a computer. I have bought one of these mixers, and might be interested in bying such a card for recording purposes. But it will need to have Linux drivers. How probable is it that Mackie will produce such drivers, or release the necessary specs? And, if given specs, can someone be persuaded to do a driver? (According to what I have read, the the card works just "out of the box" with Mac OsX's Core Audio drivers. While for MS Windows, drivers are needed.) Asbjørn Sæbø