From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 16 18:15:01 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DCAF37B401 for ; Fri, 16 May 2003 18:15:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 12-221-88-80.client.insightbb.com (12-221-88-80.client.insightBB.com [12.221.88.80]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F207343FAF for ; Fri, 16 May 2003 18:14:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tychang1@uiuc.edu) Received: (qmail 25309 invoked by uid 1000); 17 May 2003 01:14:59 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 17 May 2003 01:14:59 -0000 Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 20:14:58 -0500 (CDT) From: Tony Chang X-X-Sender: w@12-221-88-80.client.insightBB.com To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <1053120915.86524.0.camel@pav.oook.cz> Message-ID: <20030516201108.C25298@12-221-88-80.client.insightBB.com> References: <20030516153211.W24315@12-221-88-80.client.insightBB.com> <1053120915.86524.0.camel@pav.oook.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Re: IEEE 1394 (firewire) support X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 01:15:01 -0000 On Fri, 16 May 2003, Pav Lucistnik wrote: > V p? 16. 05. 2003 v 22:36, Tony Chang napsal: > > > > 2.) Does FreeBSD support disk and optical drives over > > > firewire, or does this require a special OS specific driver? > > > > Yes, that's what the sbp part is. The CD-ROM on my docking > > station connects via firewire without any problems. I've also > > attached ide drives in an external firewire enclosure without > > any problems (both cd-rw drives and hdds). I was even able to > > Can you *burn* on that external cd-rw? Yes. I'm using cdrtools (/usr/ports/sysutils/cdrtools) + xcdroast as a front end. I don't know if it matters or not, but it connects using the 6 pin connector to the external enclosure The laptop has a 6 pin firewire connector on the side and the docking station has a 4 pin firewire connector. I've never tried using the 4 pin connector since I don't have any 4 pin devices. Everything works as if it's a standard SCSI device. Tony -- Tony Chang tychang1@uiuc.edu http://www.aypwip.org "One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty." --Martin Luther King, Jr. Letter from Birmingham Jail