[LAU] firewire-thunderbolt adapter?

[Anders Hellquist]

Hi !

>From what I have heard, You should be able to run the Apple Thunderbolt ->
Firewire adaptor but AFAIK the linux kernel do not support hot-plugging so
you need to boot with the adaptor in place.
Maybe the hot-pluggin is working now (it was more than a year ago i heard
this info) I have an adaptor but have not tried this myself unfortunately.


Also make sure the Thunderbolt socket is a real Thunderbolt connector and
not just a mini-displayport. They look identical and works similar but
mini-displayport is just a sub-set for diplay connections.

/Anders

2017-10-04 8:52 GMT+02:00 David Kastrup <dak at gnu.org>:

> Michael Jarosch <riotsound-zkUTfjcpxgd7BRZiorVuVg at public.gmane.org>
> writes:
>
> > Am Dienstag, den 03.10.2017, 14:49 -1000 schrieb David W. Jones:
> >
> >> I wonder if one of the FW=>Thunderbolt adaptors would work to connect
> >> to a non-Mac?
> >
> > Assuming, Pauls conclusion is right (and it's the same thing they say
> > on the FFADO-list, as well): If the chipset on the adaptor is supported
> > by linux (most TI ones are a good bed AFAIK) it will work.
> >
> > I don't think there will ever be a USB2Firewire - and if there will be
> > one, I don't think it will be capable to realise realtime-audio.
>
> I think USB2.0 and following allow for reserving realtime slots, and
> USB3 finally should also have the necessary bandwidth.  But the
> prospective market for USB->Firewire adapters does not really make
> developing a useful chipset and driver support attractive.
>
> There _are_ dirt-cheap USB2->FW cables to be found on Ebay, however
> (they are cheaper than proper Firewire cables, presumably because the
> USB connector is cheaper).  Their pricing does not really seem
> compatible with active components, but I haven't tried.
>
> --
> David Kastrup
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