From owner-freebsd-firewire@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 12 08:44:47 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-firewire@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8183A1065694 for ; Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:44:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ka@flu.if0.org) Received: from flu.if0.org (v112022.ppp.asahi-net.or.jp [124.155.112.22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A6B18FC1A for ; Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:44:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by flu.if0.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o0BFF2di022637 for ; Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:15:03 +0900 (JST) (envelope-from ka@flu.if0.org) Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:15:02 +0900 (JST) Message-Id: <20100112.001502.164372502.ka@flu.if0.org> To: freebsd-firewire@freebsd.org From: Kazumaro Aoki In-Reply-To: <1263152838.8632.48.camel@home-lappy> References: <1262639782.2209.305.camel@home-lappy> <20100111.032824.208936614.ka@flu.if0.org> <1263152838.8632.48.camel@home-lappy> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.3 on Emacs 22.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: reset with fwcontrol -R X-BeenThere: freebsd-firewire@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Firewire support in FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:44:47 -0000 From: Sean Bruno Subject: Re: reset with fwcontrol -R Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:47:18 -0800 > The debug.firewire_debug=3 will display more output on the console > during use. This is the interesting information to capture. Probably, > you would need to configure a serial console and capture the output from > a second computer. Unfortunately, the target computer is located far from me. I cannot change the physical connection of the computer. I can only request to reboot the system. I changed /etc/syslog.conf to log all information on the console to a file. >> Ah, I forgot to mention the following fact. When I used without -M dv >> option, fwcontrol -R outputs: >> fwcontrol: detect_recv_fn: ioctl FW_SSTBUF: Bad file descriptor >> So, I used fwcontrol implementation in FreeBSD 6.3R. Moreover, when >> I am using fwcontrol -R, I cannot use "fwcontrol" with no option. >> When I used FreeBSD6.3R, I can see the result from fwcontrol, because >> fwcontrol outputs: >> fwcontrol: main: Error opening firewire controller #0 /dev/fw0.0: Device busy >> That is the another reason why I use fwcontrol implemented in FreeBSD >> 6.3R, though the operating system is FreeBSD7.2R. > > If I understand correctly, you are using the FBSD 6.3 fwcontrol on a > FBSD 7.2 system to use your cameras. Your understanding of the binary is correct. I used two video capture boxes from firewire. > The fact that the 7.2 system does not work correctly *may* be easier to > fix than the 6.3R panic with a 7.2R binary. I will attempt to debug > this problem first and see if I can determine what's broken. > > Thank you for your patience. We'll get it working. Thank you for considering my problem. I will report results when my system crashes from "fwcontrol -R" again. Kazumaro