Re: [LAU] /re: Laptops for firewire based pro-audio on linux

From: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Wed Feb 01 2012 - 18:23:00 EET

Edward Diehl wrote:
> Concerning laptops with firewire I have a Dell 1420 laptop with a Ricoh
> firewire controller that runs very well. The controller is:
>
> 03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
>
> This runs fine with AVLinux 5.0.2 and a Focusrite Saffire Pro24 firewire
> interface.

With a single audio device, pretty much any controller runs well (except
those from JMicron). A better controller is primarily useful when you
want to use multiple audio devices or other FireWire devices like HDs at
the same time.

Regards,
Clemens
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