Hello Troy
So far we have only tested the oracle version. Somehow I "believe" more
in Oracle than Dell, sorry ;-)
Both firewire codes differ from the original firewire code in the 2.6.9
kernel. So there is some hope that they are more stable.
In contrast to the "Dell code", using the "Oracle code" not all
firewire kernel modules can be compiled against the RHEL 2.6.9 kernel.
- ieee1394.o, pcilynx.o, ohci1394.o, raw1394.o, sbp2.o can be built
- video1394.o, dv1394.o, eth1394.o, amdtp.o, cmp.o break with an error
We have added a patch to allow the build of the video1394.o kernel
module (see the new rpms below)
I guess dv1394.o, eth1394.o, amdtp.o, cmp.o are not really used ??
Our main goal was to provide support for cameras connected over
firewire, since we have many cameras at our beamlines.
The response from out users is very positive so far - the systems are
now running for more than a week without any problems. And they don't
have to replug the camera after booting, as it was the case with SL3.
However, we have hardly tested firewire harddisks - I hope to find some
time next week.
Concerning the rpms: they can still be found at
http://linux.web.psi.ch/dist/scientific/43/beta/
firewire-1286-4.sl4.psi.src.rpm
firewire-1286-4.sl4.psi.i686.rpm
kernel-module-firewire-2.6.9-34.0.1.EL-1286-4.sl4.psi.i686.rpm
kernel-module-firewire-2.6.9-34.0.1.ELsmp-1286-4.sl4.psi.i686.rpm
firewire-1286-4.sl4.psi.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-firewire-2.6.9-34.0.1.EL-1286-4.sl4.psi.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-firewire-2.6.9-34.0.1.ELsmp-1286-4.sl4.psi.x86_64.rpm
As already mentioned I have added "video1394.o" and the firewire*.rpm,
which contains rules for udev:
/etc/udev/rules.d/40-firewire.rules
If somebody has time, please go ahead and test these rpms.
Cheers,
Urs
Troy Dawson wrote:
> Hello Urs,
> How has the tests with the firewire progressed?
> Is there any particular version that works better than the others?
> Troy
>
> Urs Beyerle wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Thanks for your suggestions and hints!
>>
>> I decided to go first with the "Oracle version". If you would like to
>> test/use it:
>>
>> http://linux.web.psi.ch/dist/scientific/43/beta/kernel-module-firewire-2.6.9-34.0.1.EL-1286-1.sl4.psi.i686.rpm
>>
>> http://linux.web.psi.ch/dist/scientific/43/beta/kernel-module-firewire-2.6.9-34.0.1.ELsmp-1286-1.sl4.psi.i686.rpm
>>
>> http://linux.web.psi.ch/dist/scientific/43/beta/kernel-module-firewire-2.6.9-34.0.1.EL-1286-1.sl4.psi.x86_64.rpm
>>
>> http://linux.web.psi.ch/dist/scientific/43/beta/kernel-module-firewire-2.6.9-34.0.1.ELsmp-1286-1.sl4.psi.x86_64.rpm
>>
>> http://linux.web.psi.ch/dist/scientific/43/beta/firewire-1286-1.sl4.psi.src.rpm
>>
>>
>> I could successfully capture videos from my video cam over firewire
>> and access my external firewire disk. However, I had one system hang.
>> I will also have a look at the "Dell version".
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Urs
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Troy Dawson wrote:
>>
>>> Axel Thimm wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 02:18:45PM +0200, Urs Beyerle wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi
>>>>>
>>>>> Because SL3 "supports" firewire and SL4 does not, some user asked
>>>>> for firewire support in SL4.
>>>>>
>>>>> Therefore I have some questions:
>>>>>
>>>>> Has anybody any experience with firewire and SL4?
>>>>> Has anybody compiled the firewire modules for the SL4 kernel with
>>>>> out recompiling the SL4 kernel?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Red Hat turned off the kernel support for firewire due to stability
>>>> issues:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.redhat.com/archives/nahant-list/2005-February/msg00235.html
>>>>
>>>> I don't think any newer RHEL4 kernel has patched up anything in this
>>>> area, at least not according to the changelogs.
>>>>
>>>> So, if you do want to build kernel modules for SL4, you probably
>>>> shouldn't use the firewire sources that ship with this kernel,
>>>> otherwise you will run into issues.
>>>>
>>>> Oracle has packages for adding firewire to RHEL4:
>>>>
>>>> http://oss.oracle.com/projects/firewire/files/RedHat/RHEL4/
>>>>
>>>> I don't know what sources they use (and don't know where their src.rpm
>>>> is).
>>>>
>>>
>>> http://oss.oracle.com/projects/firewire/files/
>>> http://oss.oracle.com/projects/firewire/files/source/
>>> http://oss.oracle.com/projects/firewire/dist/files/source/oracle-firewire-modules-1286.tar.gz
>>>
>>>
>>> There is a spec file in there, but it's too generic, you can't do a
>>> rpmbuild -ta on the tarball.
>>>
>>> Troy
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> What's about libraw1394 and libavc1394 for SL4? Take the one from
>>>>> ATrpms?
>>>>> What's about firewire and hotplug support in SL4?
>>>>>
>>>>> If nobody has done anything, I will try to do it.
>>>>> I will create something like
>>>>> kernel-module-firewire-2.6.9-34.0.1.EL*.rpm. And I will test
>>>>> firewire on SL4.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Urs
>>>>
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