> Firewire support was removed from the Linux kernel
This is very much incorrect. Maybe the subsystem wasn't built into a custom kernel you're using?
edit: google says improvements through 2026, support through 2029
This is very much incorrect. Maybe the subsystem wasn't built into a custom kernel you're using?
edit: google says improvements through 2026, support through 2029
But yes, it will be supported through 2029, and then after that, it could remain in the kernel longer, there's no mandate to remove it if I'm reading the maintenance status correctly: https://ieee1394.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/#maintenance-sche...
> [After 2029, it] would be possibly removed from Linux operating system any day
An Ubuntu support page says eth1394 has been removed from the kernel since version 2.6.22.
Edit: This was a VERY old laptop. I think it has a 32 bit processor. Maybe that confounded the issue.
that doesn't really mean what you think it means, since they removed that module to replace it with a more standard module. and in addition, the presence or lack of eth1394 wouldn't affect a camera or fire interface in any meaningful way