From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 22 00:22:55 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF2E716A4CF for ; Sun, 22 Aug 2004 00:22:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from kestrel.alerce.com (kestrel.alerce.com [209.182.219.40]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC49343D2F for ; Sun, 22 Aug 2004 00:22:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from hartzell@kestrel.alerce.com) Received: from rosebud.alerce.com (w092.z064001164.sjc-ca.dsl.cnc.net [64.1.164.92]) (authenticated bits=128) by kestrel.alerce.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i7M0Mskk068981 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Sat, 21 Aug 2004 17:22:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hartzell@kestrel.alerce.com) Received: from rosebud.alerce.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rosebud.alerce.com (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i7M0NSej007883 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sat, 21 Aug 2004 17:23:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hartzell@rosebud.alerce.com) Received: (from hartzell@localhost) by rosebud.alerce.com (8.12.9p2/8.12.9/Submit) id i7M0NRl5007879; Sat, 21 Aug 2004 17:23:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hartzell) From: George Hartzell MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <16679.59263.287454.325068@rosebud.alerce.com> Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 17:23:27 -0700 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailer: VM 7.14 under 21.4 (patch 14) "Reasonable Discussion" XEmacs Lucid X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 'clamd / ClamAV version 0.65', clamav-milter version '0.60p' Subject: Help making sense of firewire disk enclosure dilema X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: hartzell@kestrel.alerce.com List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 00:22:56 -0000 I have a machine running 5.2.1-RELEASE-p6. I purchased a pair of "Vantec" USB2.0/Firewire enclosures (NST-350UF) for some 80-ish GB IBM Deskstar drives. The first enclosure worked great (once I got past the kernel panic because it didn't like something that was hanging out in the partition table area). The second enclosure was problematic. If I attached via USB1 (all I have), it worked fine. If I hook it up to a G4 Powermac running OSX Jaguar (current-1?), it works fine. But when I connect it via firewire to Servant, GEOM never recognizes/creates a daX device. I talked the seller into exchanging it for me (and hid a little magic marker dot inside just in case), and just received the replacement. It's behaving the same way. Here's the relevant section of /var/log/messages for the one that doesn't work: Aug 21 17:03:11 servant kernel: fwohci0: BUS reset Aug 21 17:03:11 servant kernel: fwohci0: node_id=0x8800ffc0, gen=3, non CYCLEMASTER mode Aug 21 17:03:11 servant kernel: firewire0: 2 nodes, maxhop <= 1, cable IRM = 0 (me) Aug 21 17:03:11 servant kernel: firewire0: root node is not cycle master capable Aug 21 17:03:11 servant kernel: firewire0: bus manager 0 (me) Aug 21 17:03:11 servant kernel: fwohci0: txd err=1b ack tardy Aug 21 17:03:11 servant kernel: node1: resp=35 addr=0x400 Aug 21 17:03:11 servant kernel: probe failed for 1 node Aug 21 17:03:17 servant kernel: fwohci0: BUS reset Aug 21 17:03:17 servant kernel: fwohci0: node_id=0xc800ffc1, gen=4, CYCLEMASTER mode Aug 21 17:03:17 servant kernel: firewire0: 2 nodes, maxhop <= 1, cable IRM = 1 (me) Aug 21 17:03:17 servant kernel: firewire0: bus manager 1 (me) Aug 21 17:03:17 servant kernel: firewire0: New S400 device ID:0050770e00011205 I then pulled that drive out, and put it in the enclosure that works, and it appeared as da2. Here's it's info: Aug 21 17:11:13 servant kernel: fwohci0: BUS reset Aug 21 17:11:13 servant kernel: fwohci0: node_id=0x8800ffc0, gen=7, non CYCLEMASTER mode Aug 21 17:11:13 servant kernel: firewire0: 2 nodes, maxhop <= 1, cable IRM = 0 (me) Aug 21 17:11:13 servant kernel: firewire0: root node is not cycle master capable Aug 21 17:11:13 servant kernel: firewire0: bus manager 0 (me) Aug 21 17:11:13 servant kernel: fwohci0: txd err=1b ack tardy Aug 21 17:11:13 servant kernel: node1: resp=35 addr=0x400 Aug 21 17:11:13 servant kernel: probe failed for 1 node Aug 21 17:11:17 servant kernel: fwohci0: BUS reset Aug 21 17:11:17 servant kernel: fwohci0: node_id=0xc800ffc1, gen=8, CYCLEMASTER mode Aug 21 17:11:17 servant kernel: firewire0: 2 nodes, maxhop <= 1, cable IRM = 1 (me) Aug 21 17:11:17 servant kernel: firewire0: bus manager 1 (me) Aug 21 17:11:18 servant kernel: firewire0: New S400 device ID:0050770e00002251 Aug 21 17:11:19 servant kernel: GEOM: create disk da2 dp=0xc4924050 Aug 21 17:11:19 servant kernel: da2 at sbp0 bus 0 target 1 lun 0 Aug 21 17:11:19 servant kernel: da2: Fixed Simplified Direct Access SCSI-4 device Aug 21 17:11:19 servant kernel: da2: 50.000MB/s transfers Aug 21 17:11:19 servant kernel: da2: 73308MB (150136560 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 9345C) Am I doing something wrong, or should I just stop buying cheap problematic junk enclosures? g.