>On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Arnold Krille wrote: >> On Friday 27 August 2004 00:08, Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote: >> > 3)Does it matter what ieee1394 interface I get, or are they all >> > basically the same as long as there's kernel support for them? >> This was indeed discused recently: It doesn't matter at all since firewire i >s >> far from being supported by linux afaik. :-( > >firewire works fine for me in linux... I use it for both DV work and >hotplug 200gb drives.
to be clear: what is *not* supported are firewire audio interfaces. this is because (1) devices using open protocols are very new (shipping only within the last 6 months or so) and (2) it has been difficult to get access to the protocols until relatively recently. hopefully, this will all change soon. --p