> If it is the classic stack of firewire drivers that are required, and > there is nothing else needed from the centosplus kernel, a good > solution is to get the kABI-tracking firewire modules from ELRepo: > > http://elrepo.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=kmod-ieee1394 > > It provides: > > dv1394.ko > eth1394.ko > ieee1394.ko > ohci1394.ko > pcilynx.ko > raw1394.ko > sbp2.ko > video1394.ko > > Because they survive kernel updates transparently and you can run the > distro kernel, there will be no "waiting" for each kernel update. That is indeed what I need, I use ieee1394, raw1394 and sbp2 to access my 2tb firewire external drive that is used for backup rotation. I will try that on monday.