For Linux 6.19 as what will be the first stable kernel release of 2026, the IEEE-1394 Firewire stack continues dealing with device quirks and improving support for different Firewire-connected devices. In 2026 is also when the Linux Firewire maintainer plans to begin recommending users migrate away from the IEEE-1394 bus followed by closing the Linux Firewire efforts in 2029.
Ugh, I’m going to have to prioritise ripping my old miniDV cassettes, aren’t I?
Same same. I procrastinated for only a few years (decades), time to do it !
You could just keep an air-gapped PC with an old kernel around just for that.
Sure, but that sounds insane compared to just blocking out the time in the next four years.