---
title: "Using FireWire On A Raspberry Pi Before Linux Drops Support"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/using-firewire-on-a-raspberry-pi-before-linux-drops-support-cvv6w2dc6
source_url: https://hackaday.com/2026/03/27/using-firewire-on-a-raspberry-pi-before-linux-drops-support/
type: article
source: "Hackaday"
published: 2026-03-28T02:02:35.668Z
updated: 2026-03-28T02:02:54.695Z
tags: ["linux", "raspberry-pi"]
reading_time: 2
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comments: 0
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# Using FireWire On A Raspberry Pi Before Linux Drops Support

**[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Jeff Geerling demonstrates how to add FireWire (IEEE 1394) support to a Raspberry Pi 5 before Linux drops support in 2029. The process involves adding a Mini PCIe HAT with a FireWire adapter, recompiling the Linux kernel with FireWire support, and enabling the device tree overlay. FireWire 400 works out of the box after this setup, and video capture from a Canon GL1 camera is achieved using the DVgrab utility. Apple has already dropped FireWire in macOS 26, but Linux users have until 2029, and Windows 10/11 can still run older FireWire drivers.

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