On Fri, 24 Jan 2003, John Danielson, II wrote: > [Bug 1062] wrote: > > >https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062 > > > > Product: drakxtools > > Component: DrakConnect > > Summary: No ip over 1394 > > Version: 9.1-0.13mdk > > Platform: PC > > URL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > OS/Version: All > > Status: UNCONFIRMED > > Severity: major > > Priority: P1 > > AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >DrakConnect doesn't list eth1394 as a driver, and expert mode crashes when I > >try it. This is after I have done insmod eth1394.o.gz and re booted. Actually, > >this option should be offered during the install, automatically, so those of > >us who are relying on our firewire cards to connect two windows machines will > >be able to network our new Linux install to, say, our winxp machine. (My case). > >Even though my Linux bootup screen says eth0 is "OK", my winxp machine can't > >tell it's there. xp says "1394 Connection A network cable is unplugged." The > >Linux machine is dual booted with winme which does work with ip over 1394, > >Internet and everything. Linux needs to do ip over 1394 "out of the box", > >firewire has been around for some time now. And I can't find ANY documentation > >on the eth1394 module anywhere. Any ideas? > > > > > > > >------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- > >You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. > > > > > > > > > Firewire support is still being finalized, as is USB 2.0 which is being > also finalized as far as things ever are in the Linux world. Kernel > developers are working on this still, it is not fully and completely a > part of any stock distro exept as one might consider LFS or Gentoo a > stock thing (you compile from source and tweak right now to get ieee1394 > support going right if you also have USB or especially USB 2.0 also, > among other things). This is a linux-wide issue, not just a Mandrake > one. I do not think that even a USB 2.0 direct-connect cable works in > Linux commonly yet. At a guess, we will need to wait for things from 2.5 > development branch of kernel to be back-ported(patched back into the 2.4 [snip]
> Cheapest is a tossup between 1 and 2, for Linux. > > John. Hi John, For some reason I like your technical posts but could you please use the Enter key some more to add some structure like paragraphs. That would make reading a lot easier ;-) Guy Bormann
