Comment 69 for bug 6290

I agree with Dan's comment #68 except for the FFADO status. As the status message that Dan quotes correctly states, new kernel drivers + libraw1394 + FFADO are working together since end of 12/2009. The only issue is that a small fix in FFADO _may_ (or may not) be required that came after the FFADO release v2.0.0. (I believe that fix was not required in my own testing.) Everybody is still holding their breath for a 2.0.1 maintenance release or the much anticipated 2.1 feature release of FFADO --- except Debian who simply package current FFADO trunk which works fine. Hence Ubuntu or Ubuntu Studio et al should already have a fine FFADO package too.

I guess we as upstream need to communicate more clearly that the new drivers should be used by default now, and the old ones blacklisted or disabled entirely.