Re: [FEATURE REQUEST] firewire IEEE 1394 (ohci) module

[Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko]

On 14.11.2011 13:03, Robert wrote:
> Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote:
>> On 14.11.2011 00:55, Robert wrote:
>>> I'd like to boot from Grub into Firewire IEEE 1394 (ohci)   ;-)
>>>
>> That's one thing we don't risk having soon. Few people even have such
>> hardware (my laptop has no firewire connector at all). Some of my test
>> machines have it but I have no firewire HDD. Even fewer of these people
>> have required skills (it requires someone who had a similar experience
>> like Aleš or me). And even less have motivation. Additionally since most
>> of external HDDs supporting firewire also support USB, it seems pretty
>> pointless.
>
> the FiWi HD here has USB here too. Yet via USB the usable HD speed is
> 2x .. 4x slower on large file transfer, and it seems even slower on
> many small files.
> A HD on Firewire here is quite as fast as an internal one - seen on
> two laptops. So via Firewire its feels really usable, while on USB its
> half way to Knoppix ..
>
If it's a permanent setup you're better off with putting HDD internally.
For Live system compatibility is often more important. So still a very
corner case where few people would be motivated.
> (as far as Linux is concerned, currently I help me using FiWi by
> loading the Linux kernel&initrd from another device, which needs
> special updates etc.)
>
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Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko

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