Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:45:36 +0200 From: Julian Stecklina <js@alien8.de> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8-CURRENT Firewire Message-ID: <87d48k1va7.fsf@tabernacle.lan> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0907010947380.53988@fledge.watson.org> (Robert Watson's message of "Wed\, 1 Jul 2009 09\:48\:38 %2B0100 \(BST\)") References: <1246316092.3981.11.camel@Lappy> <87hbxxp5ot.fsf@tabernacle.lan> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0907010947380.53988@fledge.watson.org>
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Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> writes: > On Wed, 1 Jul 2009, Julian Stecklina wrote: > >>> -CURRENT has some slightly different Firewire code in it than 6/7. >>> If you have an opportunity to test it with your Firewire hard >>> drives and cameras I'd really appreciate it. >>> >>> Stuff that's changed: >>> multi-speed compatible devices will acutally work. >>> a 400/800 device is connected to a 400/800 compatible >>> firewire card via a 400 connection will work at 400 >>> fwcontrol understands multiple firewire cards as multiple >>> buses now. most commands now take a -u argument to >>> indicate the bus. >>> >>> Please report to the -firewire if you get a chance to test. It >>> would be great to get positive as well as negative results. >> >> I have an AMD 780G board with onboard Firewire controller. 8-CURRENT >> hangs at boot with: >> >> run_interrupt_driven_hooks: still waiting after 60 seconds for >> xpt_config run_interrupt_driven_hooks: still waiting after 120 >> seconds for xpt_config ... >> >> If I disable the Firewire controller in the BIOS it boots fine. What >> is a good way to debug this? > > I've seen similar reports of this on 7.x; Richard Clayton has a box > that has done this since at least 7.1, and it's one of the reasons I > added the debugging output above :-). Unfortunately, it's not in an > easy position to debug on that box. Is there any other way I can help to resolve this? Regards, -- Julian Stecklina The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners - Ernst Jan Plugge
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