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On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Ralf Mardorf

 wrote:
>> > Hm? I paid RME, does RME pay the Linux community to do the support?

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>> > Does RME give all the needed information, so that theoretically a

>> > driver could be written?

>>

>> How is this different from the majority of hardware vendors for which

>> there are open source drivers? Wacom has a similar policy, they give

>> the open source drivers acknowledgement (with a link) on their website

>> but don't provide direct support.

>

> In don't blame anybody for recommending RME and especially the PCIe

> version instead of the PCI version. It was recommended on this list or

> LAD, with best intentions and I did some research myself before I

> ordered the card. RME was known/is known as good supported and people

> are fine with the AIO too, as I was, when I made quick tests. ADAT 1

> and 2 did work, I tested them and hdspmixer did show a signal for all

> ADAT inputs.

>

> But I blame RME. I read that the card does work with Linux on

> the RME forums and RME didn't correct this seemingly wrong information!

I've used both PCI and PCIe cards on Linux (both 32-bit and 64-bit)

and the hardware has performed flawlessly out of the box. But I am

using the HDSP card for Multiface II, maybe the AIO cards work

differently with the driver?
--

Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.brettwmccoy.com

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