Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 16:56:52 -0400 From: "Jesse D. Guardiani" <jesse@wingnet.net> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IEEE 1394 (firewire) support Message-ID: <ba3j7d$vmt$1@main.gmane.org> References: <ba3ek6$a9i$1@main.gmane.org> <20030516153211.W24315@12-221-88-80.client.insightBB.com>
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"Tony Chang" <tychang1@uiuc.edu> 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" >
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