# This is not an upstream issue! The shipped firewire stack is a kernel # maintainer's choice. tags 449272 - upstream # It's also not specific to linux-image-2.6.22-3-686 reassign 449272 linux-2.6 found 449272 2.6.24-4 thanks
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.24-4 Followup-For: Bug #449272 I have a couple of external firewire disks that are essential to have a "working" computer. Ever since the firewire stack in the Debian kernel packages was switched to JuJu, these harddisks are no longer working. The controller seems to be recognized now in 2.6.24, I think it wasn't before. Or at least lspci lists the card correctly with 2.6.24. The kernel messages I got with 2.6.24 were: Mar 5 08:44:15 scorpio kernel: firewire_ohci: Added fw-ohci device 0000:05:02.0, OHCI version 1.0 Mar 5 08:44:15 scorpio kernel: firewire_core: created new fw device fw0 (0 config rom retries, S400) ... Mar 5 08:44:36 scorpio kernel: firewire_core: giving up on config rom for node id ffc1 Mar 5 08:44:36 scorpio kernel: firewire_core: phy config: card 0, new root=ffc0, gap_count=5 Contrary to some other issues reported with the JuJu stack, but similarly to the lack of firewire over ethernet, this is NOT a library or application issue, it's a kernel problem. Summary: I tried installing 2.6.22, couldn't use it because firewire did not work. I tried installing 2.6.23, couldn't use it because firewire did not work. Now I tried 2.6.24 and firewire is still not working. Given that: * We're in soft freeze now [1] * JuJu is still listed as unsuitable for non-developers [2] and there's no saying when it will ever become stable enough; let alone when libraries and applications will have caught up * Lots of people have complained, are reverting to older kernel versions or rolling their own since the Debian kernel packages switched to JuJu I request that the firewire stack be rolled back to the older stack. Maximilian, vague statements that "next version" or "2.8.666-git2008 has nice fixes" are no good. We need actual working firewire in a release. KR, Filip [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2008/03/msg00001.html, Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2] http://wiki.linux1394.org/JujuMigration -- http://www.sysfs.be/ -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (10, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.20-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=nl_BE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=nl_BE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
