From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 16 13:56:57 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 5BE7537B401 for ; Fri, 16 May 2003 13:56:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from main.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.224.249]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FBDF43FBD for ; Fri, 16 May 2003 13:56:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-mobile@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19GmEQ-0008SC-00 for ; Fri, 16 May 2003 22:55:10 +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 19GmEP-0008Rv-00 for ; Fri, 16 May 2003 22:55:09 +0200 From: "Jesse D. Guardiani" Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 16:56:52 -0400 Lines: 51 Message-ID: References: <20030516153211.W24315@12-221-88-80.client.insightBB.com> 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: 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: Fri, 16 May 2003 20:56:57 -0000 "Tony Chang" wrote in message news:20030516153211.W24315@12-221-88-80.client.insightBB.com... > On Fri, 16 May 2003, Jesse D. Guardiani wrote: > > > 1.) Does FreeBSD support firewire? > > Yes. You can support for it by adding 'device firewire' and > 'device sbp' to your kernel config file. You'll need to add > some SCSI stuff too like 'device scbus' and 'device da'. > > > 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 > attach a mac formatted FireFly pocket hdd, I just couldn't read > any of the files because of the mac file system. Well that is certainly good news. I suppose this means that the firewire standard isn't chipset dependant like bluetooth and 802.11 then eh? I guess "firewire" includes the internal hardware interface also. I wish 802.11 and Bluetooth were like that. Oh well. Thanks! > > Tony > > -- > Tony Chang > tychang1@uiuc.edu > > http://www.aypwip.org > > "The highest beings of all are the ones who are willing to pay > any personal cost for the good of those who need them." > --Ender from Xenocide by Orson Scott Card > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >