Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 09:54:37 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@soco.agilent.com> Cc: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com>, FreeBSD-Firewire@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Firewire info? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0211060952000.1013-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <200211061748.JAA12077@mina.soco.agilent.com>
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On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Darryl Okahata wrote: > Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> wrote: > > > Here are some simple questions to start with: > > How about: "Which firewire interface cards are supported?" > > If firewire is really as good as it sounds, people will want to > know which cards work, and which don't. > > [ I've been following this list, and I haven't seem much mention of > desktop interface cards -- most of the talk seems to be about laptop > interfaces. Do desktop cards work, and if so, which ones? I'm sure > people would want to know, for example, if the Adaptec card works (I > don't know, but I'd be willing to bet, "no", given Adaptec's > propensity for nondisclosure). ] Almost any card that follows the ohci interface will work as the standard specifies what the hardware interface looks like.. I use the indigita ohci card, but there is a linux page that lists a hundred or so cards that use that interface. Usually they use one of several chipsets that implement the OHCI interface.. mine uses a lucent chipset. In addition there are several from TI and all the other usual suspects.. > > -- > Darryl Okahata > darrylo@soco.agilent.com > > DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not > constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Agilent Technologies, or > of the little green men that have been following him all day. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-firewire" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-firewire" in the body of the message
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