Bug#434551: Bug#432614: Bug#434551: dvgrab doesn't work on Debian since Linux 2.6.22
Hi Maximilian,
thank you for your quick answer.
maximilian attems <max@stro.at>:
> On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 08:38:32PM +0200, Erik Schanze wrote:
> > Now kernel 2.6.22 is in Debian and the kernel team has disabled
> > CONFIG_IEEE1394, thus rendering dvgrab utterly useless with that
> > kernel. It will give:
> > "raw1394 - failed to get handle: No such file or directory.".
>
> fix the userspace, push upstream to do it.
>
Could you please give some ideas to understand what should be fixed and
how this could be done?
> > To get dvgrab working again it is needed to enable the old firewire
> > stack again.
>
> no that is not an option.
> the new firewire stack has seen fine fixes upstream and will be
> shipped for the next release.
> the old stack had to many shortcomings that caused the rewrite!
>
You are right, but a longer period of coexistence would make it easier
to translate to new stack, I mean.
Best regards,
Erik
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