IEEE 1394 (firewire) support

[Tony Chang]

On Fri, 16 May 2003, Pav Lucistnik wrote:

> V p? 16. 05. 2003 v 22:36, Tony Chang napsal:
>
> > > 2.) Does FreeBSD support disk and optical drives over
> > > firewire, or does this require a special OS specific driver?
> >
> > Yes, that's what the sbp part is.  The CD-ROM on my docking
> > station connects via firewire without any problems.  I've also
> > attached ide drives in an external firewire enclosure without
> > any problems (both cd-rw drives and hdds).  I was even able to
>
> Can you *burn* on that external cd-rw?

Yes.  I'm using cdrtools (/usr/ports/sysutils/cdrtools) +
xcdroast as a front end.  I don't know if it matters or not, but
it connects using the 6 pin connector to the external enclosure
The laptop has a 6 pin firewire connector on the side and the
docking station has a 4 pin firewire connector.  I've never
tried using the 4 pin connector since I don't have any 4 pin
devices.  Everything works as if it's a standard SCSI device.

Tony

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