Gheh

To: root@ska
Subject: Debconf: Configuring libraw1394-5 -- Check that /dev/raw1394 permissions are appropriate for you.
From: root 
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:46:19 +0200

The device file /dev/raw1394 will be created for libraw1394.  This library
is used by applications to access FireWire devices.
[...]

I'm trying to build some package on request by someone else. Installing the build-dependencies pulled in libraw1394-5, which prompted the above mail. For those that don't know: ska is my MVME167, featuring a 33Mhz 68040. I doubt there's a supported firewire VME module, let alone whether the processor could handle the speed.

Not that this means we'd have to drop userland support for firewire; I never would've expected it, but a french designer created the CT60 board, which opens up the possibility to do USB on m68k. If the hardware would ever support it, the software already does—so there's no reason not to build it.

But it's still funny