kern/97208: [firewire] System hangs / locks up when a firewire disk is attached

[Sean Bruno]

> > I'd be interested to see the same output from your console with
> > debugging enabled.
> 
> The output you got already _is_ with debugging enabled (ie those two
> sysctls you asked for).
> 
> > You appear to have 2 ports connected to FW800 devices, port 0 and port
> > 2.  What is on both ports?
> 
> Well that's wrong. Therer is only one thing connected to firewire ports
> when the test was performed: the Maxtor drive.
> Does the controler count as one port?
> 
> 
> References:
> 1)
> http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ProductID=1860
> 

No.  The "ports" in "fwcontrol -p" are physical.  

Can you send a fwcontrol -p with NOTHING connected?

Sean