As a retired firmware developer, I can say that a project such as this one by BFL is perfectly normal. We use to have a standing rule: Estimate your development time and then double it.  The project leader would accept the your times and then double them again. The final boss would then double the leaders time.  BFL, obviously, doesn't have enough depth in its management to get everything doubled enough to suit its customers.

I'd like to file a bug report (two bugs actually). Since this is my third post, I'll probably make two more in the next hour and a half and then I'll be official anyway.

Hey, I was just reading about BFGMiner when I discovered I couldn't make a thoughtful reply. No, it wasn't due to newbie restrictions...

It only took a week to find this place; I usually only browse in areas I find interesting.  Next, I'll move over to the 'introduce myself' section and bother you all with another post.