From owner-freebsd-current Fri Apr 14 15:32:35 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from ptialaska.net (mail.ptialaska.net [198.70.245.245]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4604237B769 for ; Fri, 14 Apr 2000 15:32:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vizion@ptialaska.net) Received: from vizion2000 (dialups-131.sitka.ptialaska.net [198.70.227.131]) by ptialaska.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA10087 for ; Fri, 14 Apr 2000 14:31:55 -0800 (AKDT) Message-ID: <001f01bfa660$ff02ad60$83e346c6@demon.co.uk> From: "Southwell" To: Subject: IEEE 1394 Firewire issues Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 14:30:03 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 Disposition-Notification-To: "Southwell" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Ok Guys Help needed -- I would be grateful for any information which would be useful for a project to provide IEEE 1394 (firewire support) on FreeBSD 4.0. In particular to start with the Texas Instruments OHCI compliant controller. If it cannot be done with that chip then I will look at other controllers. At this stage I do not have enough information to know whether the project is viable. Someone (Mike) mentioned on the -stable list that there could be some patent issues involved - any further information on those dangers would be appreciated. This is a not for profit project. At the moment I am trying to build a library of useful information on the topic. This includes data relating to file definitions (AVI Type 1 & Type 2) and peripheral topics (e.g. camcorder information) as well as information relating to Firewire controller PCI cards, chips and pcmcia interfaces. If you have any info which might be useful please email me direct - vizion@ptialaska.net as well as to the list. Thanks in advance - all help will be acknowledged. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message