Fan, the sent samples of the driver and it conformed. That gave them the OK to go ahead with production (that was stated by Hearn in a recent PR, posted on RB).
Now they have to submit a driver from production to make sure that it still conforms, from what I have been told (by people in the biz not E21) this is the routine. Once you have samples approved, its basically approved. Unless you change something during production, its only a formality to get the production one approved.
Hope it helps, and yes I would like to see some sales also.