Re: [Ipodlinux-devel] Re: Ethernet

[Jim W. <js...@bl...>]

   No IP-over-FW?  This seems odd - I was thinking that one of the main 
uses for IP/FW was for maybe making the iPod double as a file server 
(or music server) for a home network.

   Is there any chance that an external interface could be made to do 
the translation?

> Not a chance. The firewire chip is a dedicated firewire storage 
> controller, which cannot be reprogrammed to the speed needed to 
> understand etherenet (if its hardware is capable at all!)... (the ipod 
> doesn't even do proper IP over Firewire due to firewire controller 
> chip limitations.

Jim Witte
js...@bl...
Indiana University CS