[Linux-HA] non-IP Heartbeat over USB?

[Helmut Wollmersdorfer]

Lars Marowsky-Bree wrote:

> I assume 1-wire means "firewire"? 

No. 1-wire is an improved version of I2C. I2C can work over short 
distances (some feet, typically inside a case or on motherboard), while 
1-wire can work some hundred meters. Typical use is for sensors in e.g. 
weather stations, industrial plants or server farms (temperature, 
humidity, fire detection).

> For node-to-node communication I'm not sure how firewire would work out
> though.

eth1394 (IP over firewire) seems to work fine with Kernel 2.6.x. At 
2.4.x it freezed my nodes after short time testing it as DRDB-connection.

Helmut Wollmersdorfer