Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755106AbXHNITc (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Aug 2007 04:19:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752748AbXHNITT (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Aug 2007 04:19:19 -0400 Received: from sovereign.computergmbh.de ([85.214.69.204]:49540 "EHLO sovereign.computergmbh.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752535AbXHNITR (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Aug 2007 04:19:17 -0400 Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:19:16 +0200 (CEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Stefan Richter cc: lepton , lkm , bcollins@debian.org, linux1394-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: I have two 1394 port in my computer, why did I get only one eth1394 interface? In-Reply-To: <46C0779D.3010401@s5r6.in-berlin.de> Message-ID: References: <20070813123555.GA6276@router.lepton.home> <46C0779D.3010401@s5r6.in-berlin.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 789 Lines: 22 On Aug 13 2007 17:24, Stefan Richter wrote: > >> 3. If I must plug my firewire line in some port, can I change the >> default port to use? > >The PHY may have several ports, but all of these ports belong to the same >FireWire bus. The PHY not only connect the link layer controller with each >port, it also acts as hub/repeater between those ports. So given one has two firewire ports with only one PHY, it is not possible to make a firewall with two interfaces out of it, which each routed only to the specific firewire port... Jan -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/