From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 16 12:39:01 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 DFE9337B401 for ; Fri, 16 May 2003 12:39:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from main.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.224.249]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C43F043FA3 for ; Fri, 16 May 2003 12:39:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-mobile@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19Gl0V-0002kc-00 for ; Fri, 16 May 2003 21:36:43 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from news by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19Gl0R-0002kE-00 for ; Fri, 16 May 2003 21:36:39 +0200 From: "Jesse D. Guardiani" Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 15:38:21 -0400 Lines: 31 Message-ID: X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: news Subject: 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: Fri, 16 May 2003 19:39:02 -0000 Just curious, but how good is FreeBSD's firewire support? I recently purchased a used IBM A30p on ebay which I originally thought would have a CD-RW/DVD drive (because that is what the base model A30p came with), but it ended up just having a CD/DVD reader drive. So eventually, I'd like to either buy a (currently non-existant) Ultrabay 2000 CD-RW/DVD-RW, or an external CD-RW/DVD-RW (in which case firewire would be ideal, considering I don't have a USB 2.0 port, just USB 1.0). So, I guess when it comes down to it, my questions are these: 1.) Does FreeBSD support firewire? 2.) Does FreeBSD support disk and optical drives over firewire, or does this require a special OS specific driver? Pointing me to additional reading would be fine. I just haven't been able to find any websites that talk about FreeBSD's firewire support. Thanks! -- Jesse Guardiani, Systems Administrator WingNET Internet Services, P.O. Box 2605 // Cleveland, TN 37320-2605 423-559-LINK (v) 423-559-5145 (f) http://www.wingnet.net