From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 23 22:24:54 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 34C5816A4D0 for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2004 22:24:54 +0000 (GMT) Received: from kestrel.alerce.com (kestrel.alerce.com [209.182.219.40]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCA4E43D31 for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2004 22:24:53 +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 i7NMOqkk000733 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 23 Aug 2004 15:24:53 -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 i7NMPQZL001974 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 23 Aug 2004 15:25:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hartzell@rosebud.alerce.com) Received: (from hartzell@localhost) by rosebud.alerce.com (8.12.9p2/8.12.9/Submit) id i7NMPQL1001971; Mon, 23 Aug 2004 15:25:26 -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: <16682.28373.980795.545928@rosebud.alerce.com> Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 15:25:25 -0700 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20040823101023.R4628@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <16679.59263.287454.325068@rosebud.alerce.com> <20040822193851.K94593@carver.gumbysoft.com> <16681.26689.215660.854423@rosebud.alerce.com> <20040823101023.R4628@carver.gumbysoft.com> 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: firewire bug, or just drop it [was Re: Help making sense of ] 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: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 22:24:54 -0000 Doug White writes: > On Sun, 22 Aug 2004, George Hartzell wrote: > > [...] > > I figured out how to ask fwcontrol to tell me more about the device > > inside the enclosure, and discovered that it's a Prolific PL-3507. A > > little googling about suggests that it's a well known PITA device, e.g. > > > > http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?t=25140&postdays=0&postorder=asc&&start=0&sid=0a359d410cfd87df72f2543365922421 > > > > So, I'm left to decide whether to muck with the firmware or just chuck > > it..... > > I'd give up now. :) > [...] [background: I've been unsuccessfully messing about with a firewire enclosure and 5.2.1 release (and 6.0), it turns out it uses a chip that's known to be problematic] Are the folks that support the firewire stuff interested in supporting spastic hardware like this? I could file a pr for it, but I'm not sure it's a bug. I haven't encountered quite this situation before and don't know what the Right Thing To Do is. I could make the hardware available if it'd help tighten up the subsystem. g.