Regarding FireWire disks, there are a few open bugs in the new driver stack (devices not recognized, errors during heavy I/O, and other issues). I estimate that most of them can be resolved before upstream kernel 2.6.24 will be released.
The difficult part is handling of FireWire camcorders, audio devices, settop boxes and the like. These need userspace support, which is not yet available in proper releases of FireWire related libraries. - Libraw1394: needs an external patch, can only be compiled for either raw1394 or firewire-core (todo: let it automatically work with either stack), firewire-core support not feature-complete and not widely tested - Libdc1394: firewire-core support only available in the v2 prerelease (unfinished version, not yet recommened for packaging in distributions); most deployed software still uses the libdc1394 v1 - Ffmpeg's libavformat: requires the dv1394 driver, no update for firewire-core implemented yet Also, audio and video capturing is currently implemented in an OHCI 1.1-specific way in the new drivers. Most FireWire controllers are OHCI 1.1 compliant, but there is stil a number of controllers out there which support only OHCI 1.0. Furthermore, IP (IPv4) over 1394, like in the old stack's eth1394, is not yet implemented for the new stack. So, most of the problems are not relevant to those who use FireWire only for storage devices. But distributors have to expect that users want audio, video, storage, embedded applications, and perhaps also IP networking. Knowledgeable users are certainly very welcome to already switch to the new drivers. Should there be bugs, let it be known at linux1394-devel or bugzilla.kernel.org. -- firewire hard disk only detected at boot process https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/107322 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
