On Sat, 2003-12-06 at 10:55, lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > I have never tried any of this, but I have Gentoo Linux running on an > Apple G3 Powerbook. While compiling the 2.4.22-ben2 kernel I noticed the > option: > > (M) IEEE 1394 (FireWire) support (EXPERIMENTAL --> > (M) IEC61833-1 Plug support > (M) IEC61883-6 (Audio transmission) support > > Looks like someone's working on it. You can probably find more information > on the web by searching for those IEC strings. > > FWIW - my firewire hard disk works with this kernel. > > -lee Hi, mlan & 61883 are related, but they are not identical. Also, I think (could be wrong) that the Linux 1394 implementation of 61883 is either receive or transmit only, so I don't think you could both send and receive, but again, I could be wrong about that. Bob Ham has just checked in an experimental set of features to the newest revision of Jack that begin to use 1394 as a Jack transport. My original thought on that was that it would be good for multiple PCs talking to each other, but Bob's recent messages looked like he was starting to think about devices like these in the future. Then again, mlan is not 61883, but rather a protocol on top and around 61883 to allow studio devices to become a studio network, and then transfer both audio and MIDI over 1394. Maybe we're getting closer? I hope so. - Mark
