I just removed the module from loading. I dont have any firewire stuff anyways, so it's just some useless 4 pin port at the bottom left of my thinkpad.
Right, but that's not what OSX is apparently doing. It's just limiting DMA operations under specific conditions. I'm wondering what that functionality would look like if implemented in Linux.
I've disabled it in BIOS (didn't find the option on my thinkpad though). It was a bit frustrating though when I, years later, tried to use a firewire media source and had forgotten that I had disabled it :\
No driver, no workey.