Re: FireWire 800

On Thu Aug 12, 2004 at 11:26:09AM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote:

> Anyone have any suggestions on a good firewire 800 board to get for a
> linux box? I know that there's probably a list of supported cards for
> the driver like there is for regular firewire boards, but I haven't had
> the best luck with those boards. So I'm looking for actual brand name
> boards that people have personally used with success.
>
I'm using a Lacie FireWire 800 card (using a standard TI chipset), which
seems to work fine.

> Also, and this is probably a silly question, is firewire 800 backward
> compatible with 400 devices?
>
Yes - they use different connectors though, so you'll need a FW800-FW400
cable.

Cheers,
        Robin

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