[mythtv-users] Motherboard or PCI card with Agere FW323 (rev 61) chipset

Phusion phusion2k at gmail.com
Sun Jul 26 14:18:16 UTC 2009


On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 11:02 PM, Jarod Wilson<jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
> On 07/25/2009 10:50 PM, Phusion wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone know of some motherboard or preferrably PCI/PCI-X firewire
>> cards that use the Agere FW323 (rev 61) chipset? I see that the Syba
>> SD-LUC-4F uses the Agere FW323 chipset, but am not sure what revision
>> it uses. I would like to get a card for a Motorola DCT6200. Let me
>> know.
>
> Why do you need a specific revision? All Agere FW323 I've seen work equally
> well, its a very solid chipset. Its really only certain revisions of the
> JMicron JMB38x, the nForce 2 FireWire controller and a certain ALi chipset
> you need to be wary of these days, issues w/just about everything else has
> been resolved. There are some quirky TI chipsets and Via VT630x behave
> somewhat poorly in ohci 1.0 mode (but also fixed), but I've never seen an
> Agere FW323 that didn't Just Work.
>
> /me, who hacks on the linux kernel firewire drivers and has a MASSIVE stable
> of firewire controllers, disks, hubs, etc., in the office...
>
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> Jarod Wilson
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I ask about the Agere FW323 chipset and revision level due to reading
the following pages regarding using it with Motorola DCT-6200 boxes.

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/User:Mrsdonovan#Tips_from_the_HD_Front_Lines
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/FireWire#List_of_Firewire_Cards

I assume if I got the Syba SD-LUC-4F which uses the Agere FW323
chipset it would most likely work with a Motorola DCT-6200 based on
user reports.

Phusion


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