IEEE 1394b (Firewire 800) PCI card support?

[Scott]

I've had an external hard drive with USB, IEEE 1394 and IEEE 1394b
ports. 1394b, being relatively new required I install a PCI card.  I
only recently decided to give it a try.  I'd used the drive with both
USB and (original) Firewire in Linux and it worked just fine.

I just installed a PYRO 1394b PCI card. I plugged the cable into the PC
and then the other end into the back of the Hard Drive.  The drive
started up immediately.  Therefore I know everything is fine on the
Hardware end.

But the software is a problem.  Had I done this with USB or "regular"
Firewire GNOME would have popped open a window with the drive's contents.

Nothing happened.  Zilch. Zip.

So I took a gander at device manager and from best I can tell there was
no trace of a mention of a Firewire 1394b PCI card.

Before writing this I searched all over and came up with very little.
But from what little I did gather Linux does indeed support IEEE 1394b
(per www.linux1394.org).  From what I gathered though support can vary
depending on chipset.   I have no idea what my chipset is and have been
unable to determine it from the box, manual or vendors web site.

Has anyone else faced this or a similar situation?

Any advice?

TIA.
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	Scott
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