Friday December 29, 2006 Alan Perry's Blog
Friday December 29, 2006 So, I have this problem when I start writing a blog entry with any substance to it. When I start writing the blog, I am usually very exciting to write about the topic and let the world know what is going on in Solaris with Firewire. In response to my blogs, folks who are trying to use the stuff contact me directly and getting that feedback (good and bad) helps focus me on what needs to be done.
The problem is around the time I get halfway done with the blog entry, I am so bored with the topic that I look at what I have written and think "who is going to want to read this junk?" and set the blog entry aside. My "Drafts" folder on the blog tool is full of unfinished entries.
So, I am gonna trying really hard to blog more in the upcoming year. I have a backlog of interesting 1394 topics. For example, my realization that using DCAM1394_CMD_REG_READ/DCAM1394_CMD_REG_WRITE is better than DCAM1394_CMD_PARAM_GET/DCAM1394_CMD_PARAM_SET for doing IIDC device control and interesting things that you can do with the hci1394 using unsupported IOCTLs (isn't opensource wonderful?). I have also been working on new stuff like trying to make a set-top box out of a Mac Mini. I also have some 1394-based audio mixers. Would anyone like me to make them work with Solaris?
Let me know what Solaris Firewire topics that you want to hear about.
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