Comment by HoldOnAMinute
20 hours ago
Firewire support was removed from the Linux kernel so I had to switch to Mint Linux to accomplish the same thing
20 hours ago
Firewire support was removed from the Linux kernel so I had to switch to Mint Linux to accomplish the same thing
> Firewire support was removed from the Linux kernel
This is very much incorrect. Maybe the subsystem wasn't built into a custom kernel you're using?
edit: google says improvements through 2026, support through 2029
Many distros (including Raspberry Pi OS) don't enable `CONFIG_FIREWIRE_OHCI` in the kernel, so support isn't built-in, unless you build your own kernel.
But yes, it will be supported through 2029, and then after that, it could remain in the kernel longer, there's no mandate to remove it if I'm reading the maintenance status correctly: https://ieee1394.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/#maintenance-sche...
> [After 2029, it] would be possibly removed from Linux operating system any day
Right, that matches my understanding. After 2029, It'll stick around as long as it continues to compile. If it fails to compile it would get dropped instead of updated as there's no maintainer.
This was around 2020 or 2021. I had an old laptop with a firewire port which was already running Ubuntu. I couldn't make it work. That's when I found that the support was removed from the kernel, and that's what led me to Linux Mint. I bought a new SSD and installed Linux Mint, and I was able to import my video tapes with no further issue.
An Ubuntu support page says eth1394 has been removed from the kernel since version 2.6.22.
Edit: This was a VERY old laptop. I think it has a 32 bit processor. Maybe that confounded the issue.