Re: is firewire broken in Debain?

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 05/28/2010 01:43 PM, H.S. wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
> > I think that the "old" Firewire stack is still in the kernel.
> >
> > Googling "linux howto use old firewire stack", I found this link which
> > might help:
> >
> > http://www.kdenlive.org/user-manual/troubleshooting-and-common-problems/troubleshooting-firewire-capture
>
> BTW, regarding the older stack, I don't seem to have it in my current
> kernel anymore (debian default kernel 2.6.32-trunk-686):
>
> Only older kernel has 1394 related modules:
> $>  find /lib/modules/ -name "*1394*"
> /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/kernel/drivers/ieee1394
[snip]
> /lib/modules/2.6.32-3-686/kernel/drivers/firewire/firewire-net.ko
>
> Looks like I have no choice in the default kernel in Debian Testing :(

You could always roll your own kernel!  :)

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