IEEE 1394b (Firewire 800) PCI card support?

[Eric Lemoine]

On 10/15/06, Scott <geekboy at angrykeyboarder.com> wrote:
> 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?

You can use lspci to check if your PCI card was detected, and dmesg to
check if your hard drive was detected. At least, that's what I'd do!
-- 
Eric