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SubjectRe: ieee1394 still utterly broken in 2.6.7-rc3
On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 05:53:54PM +0200, Felix von Leitner wrote:
> Is it too much to ask to at least revert back to the ieee1394 code from
> 2.6.3 before shipping the final 2.6.7?
>
> Firewire was dysfunctional sind 2.6.3, and still has not been fixed,
> despite several updates to the code.
>
> Please, 2.6 is supposed to be a stable kernel, for people to use in
> production environments.
>
> Here's what happens with every kernel since 2.6.4:
>
> kernel boots
> finds firewire hard disk
> creates device
> boot sequence tries to mount disk
> computer hangs
> I pull the cable
> computer continues booting, just without firewire disk
>
> It's an Athlon mainboard with VIA chipset.

Is firewire built-in to the kernel? I haven't seen any of these problems
_at all_, but I use modules. I have a 250gig firewire disk that is used
for nightly backups for 5 systems via rsync and ssh, and it never shows
any problems.

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