The "ongoing development of a Linux driver" for the BridgeCo hardware is FreeBob (http://freebob.sourceforge.net/).
Cheers, Andreas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Depner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Linux_Audio_Dev" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 10:58 PM Subject: [linux-audio-dev] Firewire support in Linux > > 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
