Re: [linux-audio-user] Firewire devices and Linux

To be really clear: "... to be clear, they will work with [future versions of] freebob ..." There are plans to include support for more firewire devices into freebob, but currently only the devices based on the BridgeCo DM1000 & DM1500 are supported. And not even all of these due to some excessive customisation of the reference firmware by some device manufacturers (most notably M-Audio for the 410 and the 1418). Currently there are two other chipsets/solutions that are planned to be supported: - Metric Halo devices (Mobile I/O 2882 & Mobile I/O ULN-2) - Devices based on the DICE-II chipset, as far as the actual device manufactureres cooperate. According to my information, almost all current firewire interfaces use either a BridgeCo chipset or a DICE-II chipset. Having support for these two majors, and adding some smaller full-custom devices (like the Metric Halo's) will have us covering a lot of devices. In the case of full custom devices, like the Metric Halo or the RME Fireface, support will be completely dependant on the stance of the device manufacturer. So no RME support. Nor any MOTU support. To summarize: if you want to buy a FW interface, go ahead and buy one of the supported ones. They do work on linux. Some more advanced features are missing, but that's only a matter of time.