25 Jan
2005
25 Jan
'05
5:22 p.m.
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