On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 02:17:03AM -0500, rm wrote:
i looked around a bit and it seems like
AMDTP/IEC61883-6 is starting
to be used and is in the linux 1394 drivers. it appears to include
multi-channel audio and midi which would be quite cool. (it also
appears not to be mlan).
actually it sort of is mlan.
from what i've read, mlan seems to deal with finding and connecting
resources rather than actually pushing packets. so mlan lives on top
of AMDTP.
and while mlan connectivity would be nice from other perspectives, i
would just as soon use a non-compatible (open) method as any.
rob
PS nothing seems terribly novel (irreplaceable) in the patents i've
seen (viz, 5,825,752).
PPS if i see the word 'plurality' again i'm going to swear repeatedly.
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