firewire problem (root node is not cycle master capable)

Hidetoshi Shimokawa simokawa at FreeBSD.ORG
Thu Aug 9 17:13:45 PDT 2007


On 8/10/07, Harald Schmalzbauer <h.schmalzbauer at omnisec.de> wrote:
> Am Freitag, 10. August 2007 00:23:41 schrieb Hidetoshi Shimokawa:
> > Basically, you don't need the cycle master for sbp devices.
> > Try the following.
> >
> > 1. fwcontrol -r
> > 2. fwcontrol -f 0 -r
>
> Hm, I think that's a typo, the man page doesn't show "-f" nor does my
> fwcontrol understand it.

Oops, it was an uncommited option in my repository which sends force_root
packets.

> But fortunately now I get my da device, maybe it was a pin contact problem
> with the drive bay.
> I tried the reset before but it hasn't helped, so I really think it was a
> mechanical problem.

I'm glad to hear that
.
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