Subject: Re: IEEE1394 (ILink/FireWire) support for NetBSD?
To: Ignatios Souvatzis <ignatios@theory.cs.uni-bonn.de>
From: None <rasputin@idoru.mine.nu>
List: port-i386
Date: 06/14/2002 14:23:03
* Ignatios Souvatzis <ignatios@theory.cs.uni-bonn.de> [020613 21:13]:
> 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).
> [...] 
> > 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. 
> 
> Relevant protocol specifications are RFC 2374 for IP version 4, and RFC 3146 for
> IP version 6.

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