From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1RPvT8-0005A9-60 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Nov 2011 07:16:58 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:59969) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RPvT3-00053a-L9 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Nov 2011 07:16:54 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RPvT2-0006aw-In for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Nov 2011 07:16:53 -0500 Received: from mail-bw0-f41.google.com ([209.85.214.41]:42961) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RPvT2-0006af-8N for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Nov 2011 07:16:52 -0500 Received: by bke17 with SMTP id 17so5648946bke.0 for ; Mon, 14 Nov 2011 04:16:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type; bh=wRxTX/9rvRjbZDOc7jvVdcuqlTvtiWLc5M4qO0GDH/Y=; b=UPdFtJD9IUiAZOcktah+OusfYRYoF/tjWNAHBjBAM+NSm50OpgBNbzFx4wEJH5zdz0 1xCGN/ihsep2oAYDIdQ9YyfNX4i0rKt0UQfVoF+AzapqhQxmYIxa0JAuFzOveiAXvRWk f6lulTFAwS7ek9H2oYq6PJAR44AXf833uUmbg= Received: by 10.205.132.16 with SMTP id hs16mr19113303bkc.7.1321273011272; Mon, 14 Nov 2011 04:16:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from debian.x201.phnet (17-232.197-178.cust.bluewin.ch. [178.197.232.17]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id j9sm31924255bkd.2.2011.11.14.04.16.48 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 14 Nov 2011 04:16:50 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4EC106AF.4040908@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:16:47 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?B?VmxhZGltaXIgJ8+GLWNvZGVyL3BoY29kZXInIFNlcmJpbmVua28=?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.23) Gecko/20111010 Iceowl/1.0b2 Icedove/3.1.15 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: grub-devel@gnu.org Subject: Re: [FEATURE REQUEST] firewire IEEE 1394 (ohci) module References: <4EC05F17.8070108@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig18DB689A602187D84A159ECD" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 209.85.214.41 X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:16:55 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig18DB689A602187D84A159ECD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 14.11.2011 13:03, Robert wrote: > Vladimir '=CF=86-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: >> On 14.11.2011 00:55, Robert wrote: >>> I'd like to boot from Grub into Firewire IEEE 1394 (ohci) ;-) >>> >> That's one thing we don't risk having soon. Few people even have such >> hardware (my laptop has no firewire connector at all). Some of my test= >> machines have it but I have no firewire HDD. Even fewer of these peopl= e >> have required skills (it requires someone who had a similar experience= >> like Ale=C5=A1 or me). And even less have motivation. Additionally sin= ce most >> of external HDDs supporting firewire also support USB, it seems pretty= >> pointless. > > the FiWi HD here has USB here too. Yet via USB the usable HD speed is > 2x .. 4x slower on large file transfer, and it seems even slower on > many small files. > A HD on Firewire here is quite as fast as an internal one - seen on > two laptops. So via Firewire its feels really usable, while on USB its > half way to Knoppix .. > If it's a permanent setup you're better off with putting HDD internally. For Live system compatibility is often more important. So still a very corner case where few people would be motivated. > (as far as Linux is concerned, currently I help me using FiWi by > loading the Linux kernel&initrd from another device, which needs > special updates etc.) > > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel --=20 Regards Vladimir '=CF=86-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko --------------enig18DB689A602187D84A159ECD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iF4EAREKAAYFAk7BBq8ACgkQNak7dOguQgmb/gD/S7KNQnct8nYttjfxGxDoeQF5 Sk7L6qPud7uZkb4c/LUA/ifdkrEhvjYWHtVvpUmr8XQL0f/2X5l9XRlEaMkpqyeI =lRcl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig18DB689A602187D84A159ECD--