----- Original message from Urs Beyerle on Fri Jul  7 22:09:05 2006 -----
> 
> Hello Troy
> 
> So far we have only tested the oracle version. Somehow I "believe" more 
> in Oracle than Dell, sorry ;-)
> [...]
> 
> If somebody has time, please go ahead and test these rpms.
>  

       Hello,
       
       two days ago I installed 
       
        http://linux.web.psi.ch/dist/scientific/41/kernel/current/kernel-module-firewire-2.6.9-42.0.2.EL-1286-5.sl4.psi.i686.rpm
        http://linux.web.psi.ch/dist/scientific/41/kernel/current/firewire-1286-5.sl4.psi.i686.rpm 
       
       and I connect a 1Tb disk to my Dell C810 laptop.

       I could then mount it and copy a few Gb. Yesterday everything was Ok but today
       I don't see it any longer.
       
       Help would be greatly appreciated as there is only a very slow  USB-1 interface
       on this laptop.
       
       
       #### rabeson:{root}:/home/users/sbob > modprobe -v  sbp2
       insmod /lib/modules/2.6.9-42.0.2.EL/kernel/drivers/ieee1394/ieee1394.ko 
       insmod /lib/modules/2.6.9-42.0.2.EL/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.ko 
       insmod /lib/modules/2.6.9-42.0.2.EL/kernel/drivers/ieee1394/sbp2.ko 
       
       #### rabeson:{root}:/home/users/sbob > modprobe -v  ohci1394
       insmod /lib/modules/2.6.9-42.0.2.EL/kernel/drivers/ieee1394/ohci1394.ko 
       
       
       #### rabeson:{root}:/var/log > dmesg
       ...
       SCSI subsystem initialized
       sbp2: $Rev: 1265 $ Ben Collins <[log in to unmask]>
       ohci1394: $Rev: 1285 $ Ben Collins <[log in to unmask]>
       ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:0f.2[A] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
       ohci1394: fw-host0: OHCI-1394 1.0 (PCI): IRQ=[10]  MMIO=[f8ffc800-f8ffcfff]  Max Packet=[2048]
       ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023]  GUID[314fc00024ad2810]
       ieee1394: Node added: ID:BUS[0-01:1023]  GUID[0030e002e0606072]
       ieee1394: The root node is not cycle master capable; selecting a new root node and resetting...
       ieee1394: Node changed: 0-01:1023 -> 0-00:1023
       ieee1394: Node changed: 0-00:1023 -> 0-01:1023
       
       
       #### rabeson:{root}:/var/log > tail -f messages
       Sep 21 22:38:40 rabeson kernel: ieee1394: Error parsing configrom for node 0-01:1023
       Sep 21 22:38:40 rabeson kernel: ieee1394: Error parsing configrom for node 0-00:1023
       Sep 21 22:42:03 rabeson kernel: SCSI subsystem initialized
       Sep 21 22:42:03 rabeson kernel: sbp2: $Rev: 1265 $ Ben Collins <[log in to unmask]>
       Sep 21 22:42:52 rabeson kernel: ohci1394: $Rev: 1285 $ Ben Collins <[log in to unmask]>
       Sep 21 22:42:52 rabeson kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:0f.2[A] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
       Sep 21 22:42:52 rabeson kernel: ohci1394: fw-host0: OHCI-1394 1.0 (PCI): IRQ=[10]  MMIO=[f8ffc800-f8ffcfff]  Max Packet=[2048]
       Sep 21 22:42:52 rabeson ieee1394.agent[13161]: ... no drivers for IEEE1394 product 0x/0x/0x
       Sep 21 22:42:53 rabeson ieee1394.agent[13204]: ... no drivers for IEEE1394 product 0x/0x/0x
       Sep 21 22:42:53 rabeson ieee1394.agent[13194]: ... no drivers for IEEE1394 product 0x/0x/0x
       
       yesterday I got :
       
       Sep 20 20:18:49 rabeson kernel: ieee1394: Error parsing configrom for node 0-01:1023
       Sep 20 20:18:49 rabeson kernel: ieee1394: Error parsing configrom for node 0-00:1023
       Sep 20 20:19:05 rabeson ieee1394.agent[7573]: ... no drivers for IEEE1394 product 0x/0x/0x
       Sep 20 20:19:05 rabeson ieee1394.agent[7570]: ... no drivers for IEEE1394 product 0x/0x/0x
       Sep 20 20:19:05 rabeson kernel: SCSI subsystem initialized
       Sep 20 20:19:05 rabeson kernel: sbp2: $Rev: 1265 $ Ben Collins <[log in to unmask]>
       Sep 20 20:19:05 rabeson kernel: scsi0 : SCSI emulation for IEEE-1394 SBP-2 Devices
       Sep 20 20:19:06 rabeson kernel: ieee1394: sbp2: Maximum concurrent logins supported: 4
       Sep 20 20:19:06 rabeson kernel: ieee1394: sbp2: Number of active logins: 0
       Sep 20 20:19:06 rabeson kernel: ieee1394: sbp2: Logged into SBP-2 device
       Sep 20 20:19:06 rabeson scsi.agent[7631]: disk at /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:0f.2/
       fw-host0/0030e002e0606072/0030e002e0606072-0/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0
       Sep 20 20:19:07 rabeson kernel:   Vendor: Ext Hard  Model:  Disk             Rev:     
       Sep 20 20:19:07 rabeson kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision:
        06
       Sep 20 20:19:07 rabeson kernel: SCSI device sda: 1953546240 512-byte hdwr sectors (1000216 MB)
       Sep 20 20:19:07 rabeson kernel: sda: asking for cache data failed
       Sep 20 20:19:07 rabeson kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through
       Sep 20 20:19:07 rabeson kernel: SCSI device sda: 1953546240 512-byte hdwr sectors (1000216 MB)
       Sep 20 20:19:07 rabeson kernel: sda: asking for cache data failed
       Sep 20 20:19:07 rabeson kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through
       Sep 20 20:19:07 rabeson kernel:  sda: sda1
       Sep 20 20:19:07 rabeson kernel: Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
       

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                               Robert FRANCHISSEUR

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