Project is very real and we are in the process of optimizing Cgminer with the hardware.
Creating your own driver based on a cgminer fork? Remember your best bet for prolonged support is to stay in line with the mainline cgminer code and get your code merged. Get the driver right to begin with instead of creating something unmaintainable long term.
See post:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=28402.msg3804711#msg3804711That's the plan we intend to follow once we're happy with the code.