Re: IEEE 1394 (firewire) support

Anthony Naggs <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.mobile
Message-ID <[email protected]>
In article <[email protected]>, Jesse D. Guardiani
<[email protected]> writes
>
>
>Well that is certainly good news. I suppose this means that the
>firewire standard isn't chipset dependant like bluetooth and
>802.11 then eh? I guess "firewire" includes the internal hardware
>interface also.

In a similar vein to the UHCI, OHCI & EHCI standards for USB host
controllers there is also an OHCI (Open Host Controller Interface)
standard for Firewire host controllers.  As far as I know all vendors
now follow this. Aside from minor quirks this should make things pretty
straightforward.  (OHCI USB & OHCI Firewire standards are very
different, don't be misled by the similar names.)

Be aware that old Firewire controller chips may have a vendor
proprietary interface.  This should only affect adapter cards.  Firewire
on the motherboard is recent enough that all systems should be OHCI
compatible.


Tony
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