From owner-freebsd-firewire@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 14 23:14:10 2008 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 E9BB1106566C for ; Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:14:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sbruno@miralink.com) Received: from plato.miralink.com (mail.miralink.com [70.103.185.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D24038FC08 for ; Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:14:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sbruno@miralink.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by plato.miralink.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 458F51A917C; Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:13:33 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -4.399 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.399 tagged_above=-10 required=6.6 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8, AWL=0.000, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from plato.miralink.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (plato.miralink.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id X-TkBwRsQ+DD; Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:13:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from iago.office.miralink.com (iago.office.miralink.com [10.0.0.40]) by plato.miralink.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF73E1A9136; Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:13:32 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <487BDDC1.8010801@miralink.com> Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:14:09 -0700 From: Sean Bruno User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080501) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Stephen Bader References: <614D7A0E-CDD9-4D9E-9807-62631E6F29D3@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <614D7A0E-CDD9-4D9E-9807-62631E6F29D3@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-firewire@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Western Digital 1TB My Book Studio 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: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:14:11 -0000 Stephen Bader wrote: > I am trying to connect a Western Digital 1TB My Book Studio to my > FreeBSD 6.2-Stable box via Firewire 400 without much luck. > > When I connect the drive via USB, it works just fine. When I connect > via Firewire 400, the drive is detected, but never becomes available > via da0. Below is the output with debug.firewire_debug=1. I have > connected other Firewire 400 devices to this machine without a > problem. I also updated the firmware on this drive to verify that is > not the cause of the problem. > > I should note that this drive does not actually have any Firewire 400 > ports on it, but instead came with a cable that is Firewire 800 on one > side (which connects to the drive), and Firewire 400 on the other. The > drive does support Firewire 400 though, and I have confirmed this by > connecting it to a Firewire 400 port on my Mac. > > Can someone point me in the right direction to begin troubleshooting > this? I am actually considering buying a PCI Firewire 800 card for > this box so I can get more speed, but I want to make sure it will work > first. > > Thanks, > Is the Drive 400/800 compatible? If so, I'm looking into a speed negotiation issue right now that may work for you. Sean