Subject: Re: IEEE1394 (ILink/FireWire) support for NetBSD?
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From: Ignatios Souvatzis <ignatios@theory.cs.uni-bonn.de>
List: port-i386
Date: 06/13/2002 10:26:45
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Hello,

On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 05:50:52PM -0400, Alicia da Conceicao wrote:
> [Jason Thorpe wrote:]
> >  [Alicia da Conceicao wrote:]
> >  > what are the chances that we can get IEEE1394 support added to NetBSD
> >  > i386 anytime in the near future?  How hard or benefical would it be =
to
> > We already have some 1394 code, which is currently suitable for using
> > as a high-speed network (IP-over-Firewire).
[...]=20
> BTW, I did not know that ethernet over IEEE1394/FireWire devices
> existed.

I think Jason was talking about IP directly over Firewire.  No Ethernet
emulation involved.=20

Relevant protocol specifications are RFC 2374 for IP version 4, and RFC 314=
6 for
IP version 6.

Regards,
	-is

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