On ven, 2014-06-27 at 07:11 -1000, david wrote: 
On 06/27/2014 05:12 AM, Wayne DePrince Jr. wrote:
> On gio, 2014-06-26 at 09:11 +0200, Jeremy Jongepier wrote:
>> On 06/26/2014 01:37 AM, Wayne DePrince Jr. wrote:
>> >http://www.startech.com/Cards-Adapters/FireWire/2-Port-ExpressCard-1394a-FireWire-Laptop-Adapter-Card~EC13942A2  <http://www.startech.com/Cards-Adapters/FireWire/2-Port-ExpressCard-1394a-FireWire-Laptop-Adapter-Card%7EEC13942A2>
>> >
>> > only problem is the previously mentioned problem with hot-plugging (i.e.
>> > where the card must be in the laptop at boot up).  otherwise works
>> > great.
>> >
>> > peace, w
>>
>> http://subversion.ffado.org/wiki/HostControllers#VIA
>>
>> So does it also work at 88.2kHz and higher for you?
>>
>> Jeremy
>>
>      though i mainly work at 48 kHz/24 bit, it works fine at 96/24 as
> well with my Editorl FA-66.  however, it appears my controller is not
> VIA but TI:
>
> 04:00.0 PCI bridge: Texas Instruments XIO2000(A)/XIO2200A PCI Express-to-PCI Bridge (rev 03)
> 05:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments XIO2200A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) (rev 01)

Hmmm, my understanding is that the TI firewire chips were THE best chips 
to use with Linux?

    i am not sure about it being the best FW chipset, but i can vouch that it works well with no problems (aside from the hotplug issue already mentioned).


>      while we are on the topic, does anyone know of a non-Apple laptop
> (current or old) that has a /powered/ Firewire 400 6 conductor port?
> though the StarTech ExpressCard solution works well and provides 2x 6
> conductor ports, the physical ExpressCard connection is sensitive to
> vibration/movement and is easily dislodged.  also, since it does not
> provide power via the FireWire ports, i need to also carry around the
> FA-66's power brick.

Don't know about that. My ~$1000 Linux laptop from System76 doesn't even 
have an ExpressCard port: it's all USB2 and 3 only.