Bug#436267: Firewire support in lenny
I've tried the 2.6.25-trunk kernel, and the latest in sid and as of
today (2008-04-20) the only way I can transfer videos from my dv camera
to my hard disk is with Holger's kernels (the ones with the old firewire
stack enabled). I do not understand why the debian kernel maintainers
are so unwilling to allow people to choose which firewire stack they
use. This is clearly a case of theory not matching reality--it is
irrelevant whether the new stack is conceptually cleaner if it doesn't
work with the software people are trying to use. In my experience, the
new stack is much better for firewire attached disks, but unusable for
video work. Are the people pushing for having only the new stack in the
debian kernels doing video work?
(I'm also having no success whatsoever in using the new stack for
devices attached to firewire hubs or daisy chained from one device to
another; only direct connect seems to be working--anyone else having the
same problem?)
Mike Stone
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