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Linux Still Dealing With Quirky Firewire Devices As We Enter 2026 (www.phoronix.com)
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For Linux 6.19 as what will be the first stable kernel release of 2026, the IEEE-1394 Firewire stack continues dealing with device quirks and improving support for different Firewire-connected devices. In 2026 is also when the Linux Firewire maintainer plans to begin recommending users migrate away from the IEEE-1394 bus followed by closing the Linux Firewire efforts in 2029.

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[–] 3 points 11 months ago

Sure, but that sounds insane compared to just blocking out the time in the next four years.

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