Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 13:51:30 -0800 From: "Southwell" <vizion@ptialaska.net> To: "Coleman Kane" <cokane@one.net> Cc: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: IEEE 1394 support Message-ID: <005001bfb6dc$191c2b00$38e346c6@demon.co.uk> References: <200004131608.JAA28324@mass.cdrom.com> <00d701bfa59c$b95b1aa0$82e346c6@demon.co.uk> <20000413194645.A7655@cokane.yi.org>
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I have been following the linux Ieee 1394 list and the following snippet seems to digest in a few words the conclusion I reached after researching the license situation. > Your reasoning is accurate -- the 25 cents is *per system* -- that is, if > you add a 1394 board to your PC, or if you buy a PC with a 1394 chip, > you've paid the fee. So there is no need to worry about the fee for > drivers and low level software written for 1394 devices. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Coleman Kane" <cokane@one.net> To: "Southwell" <vizion@ptialaska.net> Cc: "Mike Smith" <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>; <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 3:46 PM Subject: Re: IEEE 1394 support > Can you get any docs on this at all? Maybe from VIA, the new KX133 chipsets have > support for 1394, perhaps there exists documentation for their implementation? > > -- > ck > > Southwell had the audacity to say: > > > > Hi > > > > I posted a query relating to Firewire support and Mike came back with the > > awful news that he felt the field was so laced with patents that it was not > > worth trying.. > > I am quite interested in seeing if a way round the problems can be found - > > does anyone have any pointers. > > > > What I felt would be useful would be to try to support either the Texas > > Instruments IEEE 1394 OCHI compliant controller or some of the other cards > > that are available. (I have an on board TI chip). Does anyone have a link to > > some information that can identify the patent problems Mike referred to? > > > > Initially I would like to be able to get a "simple" capture program that > > would generate either AVI Type 1 or Type 2 files from a camcorder. > > > > Are the problems as insurmountable as Mike seems to feel they are? > > > > David > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mike Smith" <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> > > To: "Southwell" <vizion@ptialaska.net> > > Cc: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> > > Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 8:08 AM > > Subject: Re: IEEE 1394 support > > > > > > > > Is any one working on firewire (IEEE 1394) support for camcorders? > > > > > > No; the field is laced with patents which prevent any really useful work > > > being done. You might as well ignore firewire for the time being. > > > > > > -- > > > \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith > > > \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org > > > \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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