Re: Questions comparing 1394 and Ethernet [was Re: Recommended 1394 chipsets?]

Hello Steve,

Steve Kinneberg wrote:

> On Sat, 2004-06-05 at 12:29, Alan Shieh wrote:
>
>>Steve Kinneberg wrote:
> testing. We use IP over 1394 for communicating between embedded devices
> at work, but our bandwidth needs are relatively modest.
>
That was with the gp2lynx chip/driver you posted the driver source of, a
few months back, on this list?

> The same goes for the eth1394 driver. It takes the place of a NIC
> driver and sits on top of the core IEEE 1394 driver.
>
Are there any limitations in eth1394 at this point in time (I recall
there being some missing features from the IP-over-RFC spec, even when
using the CRS branch)?

For example, will running a DHCP server/client work as expected?

Regards,

Leon Woestenberg.

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