Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 23:40:33 -0500 From: Jesse Guardiani <jesse@wingnet.net> To: freebsd-firewire@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd 5.2.1-RELEASE, 4 pin laptop firewire ports, and 6 pin firewire hard disk drives Message-ID: <c3r3g3$6n0$1@sea.gmane.org> References: <c3i354$q38$1@sea.gmane.org> <87u10itsoo.wl@tora.nunu.org> <c3ph75$9ii$1@sea.gmane.org> <87r7vj2c0x.wl@tora.nunu.org>
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Hidetoshi Shimokawa wrote: > At Tue, 23 Mar 2004 09:22:29 -0500, > Jesse Guardiani wrote: >> >> Hidetoshi Shimokawa wrote: >> >> > I think you understand correctly and assume your hub has some problem >> > for providing bus power. Connect G4 powerbook, thinkpad and 2.5" HDD to >> > the hub at the same time and see what happens. >> >> I did that. Nothing happened. I even unmounted the drive from the >> powerbook. > > Does the laptop recognize powerbook/hub/hdd? Not that I could tell. I was watching my root console the entire time. > The output of 'fwcontrol -t' should help. I tried a `fwcontrol -r` and nothing happened on the root console. I'm not sure if I tried `fwcontrol -t` or not. I'll try that tommorrow and see if I get any different output. > Another possibility is cable problem. > Did you try with several 4pin-6pin cables? Not with the powerbook attached. I went to a local computer store and tried a different 4 pin to 6 pin cable with just the hub, hdd, and my 4 pin laptop. I don't think I'll get a chance to test with another cable either. I guess I need some way to verify that: a.) The port on my laptop isn't bad. b.) The 6pin to 4 pin adapter I'm using isn't bad. c.) My cable lengths aren't too long for some reason. I'll see what I can think of... >> I'm about to give up on the 4 pin firewire port that comes with my >> laptop. So, I guess at this point I have these questions: >> >> 1.) Has ANYONE on this list actually gotten a firewire hdd (or >> cd-rom/dvd-rom, >> I suppose) to work with a 4 pin firewire port? If so, what hardware >> did you use? > > I believe many people(including me) use SBP-2 device with 4-pin port. Is there a chance that my hdd is not SBP-2? Could you describe, in detail, the devices you use, including cabling, hubs, and power sources? >> 2.) Does anyone know of a 6 pin firewire cardbus card that works well >> with >> FreeBSD? > > Though there might be some problem with cardbus bridge, > most of the card should work with FreeBSD as far as it's based on OHCI. Yeah. But I'm looking for a specific card so I don't get burnt. Does anyone here have one they like? Thanks! -- Jesse Guardiani, Systems Administrator WingNET Internet Services, P.O. Box 2605 // Cleveland, TN 37320-2605 423-559-LINK (v) 423-559-5145 (f) http://www.wingnet.net
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