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List:       linux1394-user
Subject:    Re: eth1394 status
From:       Csaba Nagy <nagy () ecircle-ag ! com>
Date:       2005-01-27 9:36:59
Message-ID: 1106818619.19443.147.camel () localhost ! localdomain
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Thanks Arne, I'll give it a go and write down my experience.

Cheers,
Csaba.


On Thu, 2005-01-27 at 10:32, Arne Caspari wrote:
> dan@dennedy.org wrote:
> > > I'm wondering what's the status of the eth1394 driver ?
> > > I have a fedora core 2 linux box with a 2.6.10-1.9_FC2 kernel, which I
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > > - will the eth1394 driver cooperate well enough with windows XP for
> > > the above mentioned purpose ?
> > > - can I rely on the connection to transfer data without corruption ? -
> > > is my kernel version sufficiently up to date ?
> > 
> > 
> > It has been known and reported to work with WinXP. Since I recently got a
> > laptop with WinXP, I plan to test it. No one has performed extensive
> > testing, written a nice report, and published it. Likewise, there has not
> > been much user discussion activity around here on the subject. Finally,
> > the ability to this is a little immature.I have done a fair amount of successful \
> > testing between two Linux boxes as has others who have reported good results \
> > here. Therefore, it remains officially experimental with regard to WinXP. \
> > Interoperating with other Linux boxes, I would not classify as experimental but \
> > as immature.
> 
> I use eth1394 a lot; most of the time between two Linux boxes but 
> sometimes also with MacOSX and WinXP.
> 
> It works rather well; even recovers successfully from suspend on my 
> laptop. The only thing I noticed is a rather high amount of packet drops 
> and the CPU usage is a bit high.
> 
> Beside that, it works fine fort me.
> 
> /Arne



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