On 06/27/2014 05:12 AM, Wayne DePrince Jr. wrote: > On gio, 2014-06-26 at 09:11 +0200, Jeremy Jongepier wrote: >> On 06/26/2014 01:37 AM, Wayne DePrince Jr. wrote: >> >http://www.startech.com/Cards-Adapters/FireWire/2-Port-ExpressCard-1394a-FireWire-Laptop-Adapter-Card~EC13942A2 <http://www.startech.com/Cards-Adapters/FireWire/2-Port-ExpressCard-1394a-FireWire-Laptop-Adapter-Card%7EEC13942A2> >> > >> > only problem is the previously mentioned problem with hot-plugging (i.e. >> > where the card must be in the laptop at boot up). otherwise works >> > great. >> > >> > peace, w >> >> http://subversion.ffado.org/wiki/HostControllers#VIA >> >> So does it also work at 88.2kHz and higher for you? >> >> Jeremy >> > though i mainly work at 48 kHz/24 bit, it works fine at 96/24 as > well with my Editorl FA-66. however, it appears my controller is not > VIA but TI: > > 04:00.0 PCI bridge: Texas Instruments XIO2000(A)/XIO2200A PCI Express-to-PCI Bridge (rev 03) > 05:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments XIO2200A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) (rev 01) Hmmm, my understanding is that the TI firewire chips were THE best chips to use with Linux?
i am not sure about it being the best FW chipset, but i can vouch that it works well with no problems (aside from the hotplug issue already mentioned).
> while we are on the topic, does anyone know of a non-Apple laptop > (current or old) that has a /powered/ Firewire 400 6 conductor port? > though the StarTech ExpressCard solution works well and provides 2x 6 > conductor ports, the physical ExpressCard connection is sensitive to > vibration/movement and is easily dislodged. also, since it does not > provide power via the FireWire ports, i need to also carry around the > FA-66's power brick. Don't know about that. My ~$1000 Linux laptop from System76 doesn't even have an ExpressCard port: it's all USB2 and 3 only.
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