I believe the Apple Thuderbolt-to-Firewire is built with an TI chip and
will work out of the box under Linux
There are people running Apple adapter successfully under Linux
Check this thread..
Where someone says:
"
I am also using an Apple Thunderbolt-Firewire adapter without any problems.
This is using Arch Linux on a Lenovo T430s which also has an ExpressCard
slot - I've tried using the ExpressCard-Firewire adapter I used with my
previous laptop but the Thunderbolt adapter seems more stable (not sure
whether because of Firewire chip or other reasons).
"
2017-10-12 15:14 GMT+02:00 David Kastrup <dak(a)gnu.org>rg>:
Bernardo Barros
<bernardo.barros-RWB/UN2hA5c(a)public.gmane.org> writes:
Hello
I have a quick question. I have an old MOTU Ultralite that works well
with a thinkpad, which has a firewire I/O. Current Thinkpads don't
have firewire, but some have thunderbolt. My old soundcard would work
on a new thinkpad with an adapter, like it does with other OS's?
Coming back to the original question: Apple offers reasonably affordable
Thunderbolt-to-Firewire adapters (Firewire 800, one connection, about
$30). I have no idea how the driver situation for a Thinkpad (or even a
Mac) would look under Linux. "Requires OS x v 10.7.4 or later" does not
exactly sound like a long-supported standard chip.
--
David Kastrup
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