IEEE1394 backend

Roger Leigh rleigh at whinlatter.ukfsn.org
Sun Jul 9 12:08:05 PDT 2006


On 2006-07-09, Michael Sweet <mike at easysw.com> wrote:
> Roger Leigh wrote:
>> Is there any reason why the IEEE1394 backend is not built automatically
>> if libraw1394 is present?  It is not ever a TARGET in backend/Makefile.
>
> Because it doesn't work.  At the time I started working on it to
> support the Epson implementation of the PWG print channel stuff,
> libraw1394 and the underlying kernel driver didn't support the modes
> required by their interface, and the Type B Firewire card Epson sells
> supports SCSI-over-Firewire which is supported by the existing SCSI
> backend.  FWIW, Canon and HP support both SBP2 (SCSI) and IP modes.

Ah, thanks.  I was worried that we might have been accidentally
not packaging a backend.


Regards,
Roger

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