Linux 7.2-rc5 Fixing Longstanding Bug In IPv4 Networking Over Firewire
Linux 7.2-rc5 Fixing Longstanding Bug In IPv4 Networking Over Firewire Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Networking on 26 July 2026 at 06:38 AM EDT. Add A Comment Firewire still isn't dead yet on Linux. Current plans call for maintaining IEEE-1394 Firewire on Linux at least through 2029 and with today's Linux 7.2-rc5 kernel release is a fix for those wanting to leverage IPv4 networking over Firewire.
- ▪Linux 7.2-rc5 Fixing Longstanding Bug In IPv4 Networking Over Firewire Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Networking on 26 July 2026 at 06:38 AM EDT.
- ▪Add A Comment Firewire still isn't dead yet on Linux.
- ▪Current plans call for maintaining IEEE-1394 Firewire on Linux at least through 2029 and with today's Linux 7.2-rc5 kernel release is a fix for those wanting to leverage IPv4 networking over Firewire.
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Linux 7.2-rc5 Fixing Longstanding Bug In IPv4 Networking Over Firewire Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Networking on 26 July 2026 at 06:38 AM EDT. Add A Comment Firewire still isn't dead yet on Linux. Current plans call for maintaining IEEE-1394 Firewire on Linux at least through 2029 and with today's Linux 7.2-rc5 kernel release is a fix for those wanting to leverage IPv4 networking over Firewire. RFC 2734 is the nearly thirty year old standard for IPv4 datagrams over IEEE-1394 Firewire. Mainlined since 2009 for their modern (at the time) IEEE-1394 driver stack has been the "fw-ipv4" driver to provide this IPv4 support. But it turns out that since then there has been a notable bug in this driver.
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