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Subject: Willing to adopt Firewire (was Re: your mail)
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Robert Watson wrote:
> Yes -- we're beginning to reach the point where we can start issuing 
> ultimatums on device drivers, but need USB and Firewire dealt with 
> before we can begin to push out stragglers.  For better or worse, 
> those two hardware categories can't be ignored.  Being at a point 
> where we can universally make assumptions about MPSAFEty is a very 
> good place to be, and we're very close with the network stack.

Quick question: Has anyone stepped up for MP-guarding Firewire and 
boys?  I plan to begin hacking Firewire code soon (mainly to add support 
for 1394 audio devices), so I probably can adopt them if they've been 
orphaned.

Eugene