On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 05:44:27PM -0300, Rog?rio Brito wrote: > I'd like to get a Firewire card for use with Linux > (specifically, to connect my iPod to my x86 Desktop, for > chaging its song list and using it as a method for backups). > > But the problem is that I don't know which card I could > purchase for my x86 computer that has good support with Open > Source drivers and that can carry power to the iPod (for > charging the battery). > > Surfing http://www.linux1394.org/cgi-bin/hcl.cgi?class_id=2 > still leaves me questions on what to get or not. I would like > to stress that I don't care much for performance as I care for > compatibility with Linux and price. :-) > > So, I would be grateful if anybody could help me with > recommendations on which cards to get and which ones to avoid.
Pretty much anything with a TSB12LV23 chip should work just fine. I picked up a nice generic Firewire card at CompUsa with this chip and have been very happy with it. -- Jamin W. Collins This is the typical unix way of doing things: you string together lots of very specific tools to accomplish larger tasks. -- Vineet Kumar
