Re: Wow! Firewire support?

[Julio Merino <jmmv%homeworld.netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 03:08:12PM -0600, Donald Lee wrote:
> I just accidentally discovered that my new 5.0.2 NetBSD system can "see"
> an inserted FireWire (IEEE 1394) disk.
> 
> Very Cool...
> 
> I have believed up to this point that there was no support, because
> I had see things on the list that hinted that it either was
> not supported or didn't work.  I have never seen any discussion of
> usage.
> 
> How good/stable is the support for this?  Is it widely used?

I have been using a fw400 hard disk on a Mini G4 with netbsd-5 for a few
months without any issue at all.

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Julio Merino