Wanted: FireWire testers

[Les Mikesell]

Jarod Wilson wrote:
> If you're among those who have voiced concerns with the FireWire support in
> Fedora, particularly in the audio/video area, please do try to test out the
> latest rawhide kernels (2.6.24-0.149.fc7.git2.fc9 or later) and/or the
> 2.6.23.13 kernel working its way through koji right now[1].
> 
> For the most part, dvgrab should be functional with these kernels, on all but
> Via VT630x chipsets in OHCI 1.0 mode[2]. IIDC video streaming (such as
> coriander + libdc1394 v2) should be fully functional on all OHCI 1.0 and 1.1
> FireWire controllers.
> 
> As yet untested with this latest kernel is FireWire video capture off a cable
> box[3], but that's on my todo list for the weekend. (There's reason to believe
> this might be working now with the addition of dynamic buffer allocation).
> 
> Additional feedback on other open FireWire bugs would be appreciated as
> well[4][5]. Note that most of the enhancements added to the latest kernels are
> on the a/v side, but I plan to start looking at storage more soon as well...

As a perhaps odd case, is it likely to be possible to build an initrd 
containing the firewire driver and have firewire drives included in md 
devices recognized and matched correctly during boot-up?

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   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell at gmail.com