Re: libraw1394 and FreeBSD
Sean Bruno <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.freebsd.devel.firewire |
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On Fri, 2009-05-22 at 08:20 -0400, Steve Polyack wrote: > Hello, > I've seen a few posts in the archives referring to porting libraw1394 > to FreeBSD. However, none of these appear to have been successful. I'm > considering giving this a shot, but I will likely need some guidance. I > have a few questions/points from what I've gathered from past discussions: Excellent. I'm around, but a little swamped right now under other school related things. I hope to have some free time soon though. I've jotted down a few thoughts below. > 1. libraw1394 implements some ISO 1394 read/write/stop/start/etc > functions for firewire on linux. It's been said that these are already > implemented in the FreeBSD kernel modules which provide firewire > access. Is this correct? If so, libraw1394 only needs rewritten enough > to provide the freebsd kernel interface in a linux application-familiar > sense. > Take a look at how fwcontrol interfaces with the driver. Let me know if you would like to see some changes at the interface. > 2. What is going on with firewire development in FreeBSD currently? If > I attempt to complete this port, am I better off working with 8-CURRENT > as opposed to 7.2-RELEASE? I'm aware the USB stack in 8 is totally > rewritten; is the same true for the firewire modules? > Firewire is fairly static right now. I had hoped to start a bit of re-writing before 8.0 is released, but it's going to be cutting it close. I have been enhancing -Current only for the last few months, and I have been kind of ignoring 7 and 6. So the code has diverged a bit. If you can do it, please start with -Current and see what can be done there first. > > I believe this would be a valuable port for FreeBSD. It would enable us > to use a wide range of audio and DV interfaces via firewire and existing > linux "drivers" which only depend on libraw1394, opening up > possibilities like using FreeBSD for audio and video editing. Agreed. Let me know what devices you have access to. Sean _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-firewire To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"