Re: Fire Wire 1394 and benh kernels?
On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 02:05:30AM +0200, da bowl wrote:
> I have the same question.
> Does anyone use firewire peripherals on ppc ?
> Hard drive, printers, camera, DV ?
Yes, but they're not working under linux as such.
on my ibook (dual USB) the benh 2.4.9 kernel I rsynced about 3 weeks ago,
has the option to enable experimental 1394 support. When I do so and then
while running plug in my external burner (a 16xburn 40xread samsung ATAPI
thing in a fw case), I get a lot of repeat messages for the same error [I
havn't had a chance to transcribe], which spew quickly up the screen and
once they fill the screen the entire machine just turns off; without any
syncing or anything else; this will also happen if I boot with the device
plugged in just about where it loads the 1394 module.
Some devices may work just fine; but this experience has convinced me that
either I should work on it, or wait till the "(experimental)" tag on the
module goes away.
I hope that clarifies ppc linux's 1394 support for you.
Incidentally, the device works admirably under mac OS; though unplugging it
while a volume is mounted is not recommened since although macos recovers,
the eject button on the device doesn't cooperate until you power off for 15
minutes first.
-Daniel
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