how to access external hard disk via FireWire

Mon Apr 5 10:35:03 PDT 2004

hi all,
I have an external hard disk I want to access via
firewire. I have a Lucent chipset based PCI firewire
card. Using FreeBSD 5.2.1 (x86). I do not have dmesg
output at the moment, but I can see messages like
firewire0:...

How can I verify where a device entry (under /dev) has
been created? How do I mount the device? Sorry if this
is a newbie Q, but I have not found documentation for
this.

How can I do this under USB? man camcontrol says,
"...newbies should stay away from this..."

Thanks in advance..
Tk.

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# GENERIC -- Generic kernel configuration file for FreeBSD/i386

#
# For more information on this file, please read the handbook section on 
# Kernel Configuration Files:

#
#    http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig-config.html

#
# The handbook is also available locally in /usr/share/doc/handbook

# if you've installed the doc distribution, otherwise always see the

# FreeBSD World Wide Web server (http://www.FreeBSD.org/) for the

# latest information.

#
# An exhaustive list of options and more detailed explanations of the

# device lines is also present in the ../../conf/NOTES and NOTES files. 

# If you are in doubt as to the purpose or necessity of a line, check first 

# in NOTES.

#
# $FreeBSD: src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC,v 1.384.2.2 2003/05/31 15:18:41 scottl Exp $

machine		i386

#cpu		I486_CPU # - not 486:TK

cpu		I586_CPU

#cpu		I686_CPU # - not P!!! or P4:TK

ident		CUSTOM

#To statically compile in device wiring instead of /boot/device.hints

#hints		"GENERIC.hints"		
#Default places to look for devices.

#makeoptions	DEBUG=-g		
#Build kernel with gdb(1) debug symbols

options 	SCHED_4BSD		#4BSD scheduler

options 	INET			#InterNETworking

options 	INET6			#IPv6 communications protocols

options 	FFS			#Berkeley Fast Filesystem

options 	SOFTUPDATES		#Enable FFS soft updates support

options 	UFS_ACL			#Support for access control lists

options 	UFS_DIRHASH		#Improve performance on big directories

options 	MD_ROOT			#MD is a potential root device

options 	NFSCLIENT		#Network Filesystem Client

#options 	NFSSERVER		#Network Filesystem Server: TK, no need

options 	NFS_ROOT		#NFS usable as root device, requires NFSCLIENT

options 	MSDOSFS			#MSDOS Filesystem

options 	CD9660			#ISO 9660 Filesystem

options 	PROCFS			#Process filesystem (requires PSEUDOFS)

options 	PSEUDOFS		#Pseudo-filesystem framework

options 	COMPAT_43		#Compatible with BSD 4.3 [KEEP THIS!]

options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD4		#Compatible with FreeBSD4

#options 	SCSI_DELAY=15000	#Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI: TK, no SCSI here

options 	KTRACE			#ktrace(1) support

options 	SYSVSHM			#SYSV-style shared memory

options 	SYSVMSG			#SYSV-style message queues

options 	SYSVSEM			#SYSV-style semaphores

options 	_KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING #Posix P1003_1B real-time extensions

options 	KBD_INSTALL_CDEV	# install a CDEV entry in /dev

options 	AHC_REG_PRETTY_PRINT	# Print register bitfields in debug
					# output.  Adds ~128k to driver.

options 	AHD_REG_PRETTY_PRINT	# Print register bitfields in debug
					# output.  Adds ~215k to driver.

# Debugging for use in -current
#
options 	DDB			#Enable the kernel debugger

options 	INVARIANTS		#Enable calls of extra sanity checking: TK removed comment

options 	INVARIANT_SUPPORT	#Extra sanity checks of internal structures, required by INVARIANTS

options 	WITNESS			#Enable checks to detect deadlocks and cycles: TK removed #
#
options 	WITNESS_SKIPSPIN	#Don't run witness on spinlocks for speed

# To make an SMP kernel, the next two are needed

#options 	SMP			# Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel

#options 	APIC_IO			# Symmetric (APIC) I/O

device		isa

device		eisa

device		pci

device          pcm #TK: for sound blaster pro 16.

# Floppy drives

device		fdc

# ATA and ATAPI devices

device		ata

device		atadisk			# ATA disk drives

device		atapicd			# ATAPI CDROM drives

device		atapifd			# ATAPI floppy drives

#device		atapist			# ATAPI tape drives: TK no Tapes

options 	ATA_STATIC_ID		#Static device numbering

# SCSI Controllers: complete SCSI commented out

#device		ahb		# EISA AHA1742 family

#device		ahc		# AHA2940 and onboard AIC7xxx devices

#device		ahd		# AHA39320/29320 and onboard AIC79xx devices

#device		amd		# AMD 53C974 (Tekram DC-390(T))

#device		isp		# Qlogic family

#device		mpt		# LSI-Logic MPT-Fusion

#device		ncr		# NCR/Symbios Logic

#device		sym		# NCR/Symbios Logic (newer chipsets + those of `ncr')

#device		trm		# Tekram DC395U/UW/F DC315U adapters

#device		adv		# Advansys SCSI adapters

#device		adw		# Advansys wide SCSI adapters

#device		aha		# Adaptec 154x SCSI adapters

#device		aic		# Adaptec 15[012]x SCSI adapters, AIC-6[23]60.

#device		bt		# Buslogic/Mylex MultiMaster SCSI adapters

#device		ncv		# NCR 53C500

#device		nsp		# Workbit Ninja SCSI-3

#device		stg		# TMC 18C30/18C50

# RAID controllers interfaced to the SCSI subsystem: TK no need

#device		asr		# DPT SmartRAID V, VI and Adaptec SCSI RAID

#device		ciss		# Compaq Smart RAID 5*

#device		dpt		# DPT Smartcache III, IV - See NOTES for options!

#device		iir		# Intel Integrated RAID

#device		mly		# Mylex AcceleRAID/eXtremeRAID

# SCSI peripherals

#device		scbus		# SCSI bus (required)

#device		ch		# SCSI media changers

#device		da		# Direct Access (disks)

#device		sa		# Sequential Access (tape etc)

#device		cd		# CD

#device		pass		# Passthrough device (direct SCSI access)

#device		ses		# SCSI Environmental Services (and SAF-TE)

# RAID controllers

#device		aac		# Adaptec FSA RAID

#device		aacp		# SCSI passthrough for aac (requires CAM)

#device		amr		# AMI MegaRAID

#device		ida		# Compaq Smart RAID

#device		ips		# IBM (Adaptec) ServeRAID

#device		mlx		# Mylex DAC960 family

#device		pst		# Promise Supertrak SX6000

#device		twe		# 3ware ATA RAID
# atkbdc0 controls both the keyboard and the PS/2 mouse

device		atkbdc		# AT keyboard controller

device		atkbd		# AT keyboard

device		psm		# PS/2 mouse

device		vga		# VGA video card driver

device		splash		# Splash screen and screen saver support

# syscons is the default console driver, resembling an SCO console

device		sc

# Enable this for the pcvt (VT220 compatible) console driver

#device		vt

#options 	XSERVER			# support for X server on a vt console

#options 	FAT_CURSOR		# start with block cursor

device		agp		# support several AGP chipsets

# Floating point support - do not disable.

device		npx

# Power management support (see NOTES for more options)

#device		apm
# Add suspend/resume support for the i8254.

device		pmtimer

# PCCARD (PCMCIA) support

# Pcmcia and cardbus bridge support

#device		cbb			# cardbus (yenta) bridge: TK, not a laptop

#device		pcic			# ExCA ISA and PCI bridges

#device		pccard			# PC Card (16-bit) bus: TK, not a laptop

#device		cardbus			# CardBus (32-bit) bus: TK: not a laptop

# Serial (COM) ports

device		sio			# 8250, 16[45]50 based serial ports

# Parallel port

device		ppc

device		ppbus		# Parallel port bus (required)

#device		lpt		# Printer: TK, no printer

device		plip		# TCP/IP over parallel

device		ppi		# Parallel port interface device

#device		vpo		# Requires scbus and da

# PCI Ethernet NICs.

#device		de		# DEC/Intel DC21x4x (``Tulip''): TK, not present

device		em		# Intel PRO/1000 adapter Gigabit Ethernet Card

#device		txp		# 3Com 3cR990 (``Typhoon''): TK , not present

#device		vx		# 3Com 3c590, 3c595 (``Vortex''): TK, not present

# PCI Ethernet NICs that use the common MII bus controller code. TK: those commented are not here

# NOTE: Be sure to keep the 'device miibus' line in order to use these NICs!

device	miibus		# MII bus support

#device		dc		# DEC/Intel 21143 and various workalikes

device		fxp		# Intel EtherExpress PRO/100B (82557, 82558)

#device		pcn		# AMD Am79C97x PCI 10/100 (precedence over 'lnc')

#device		rl		# RealTek 8129/8139

#device		sf		# Adaptec AIC-6915 (``Starfire'')

#device		sis		# Silicon Integrated Systems SiS 900/SiS 7016

#device		sk		# SysKonnect SK-984x and SK-982x gigabit ethernet

#device		ste		# Sundance ST201 (D-Link DFE-550TX)

#device		ti		# Alteon Networks Tigon I/II gigabit ethernet

#device		tl		# Texas Instruments ThunderLAN

#device		tx		# SMC EtherPower II (83c170 ``EPIC'')

#device		vr		# VIA Rhine, Rhine II

#device		wb		# Winbond W89C840F

#device		xl		# 3Com 3c90x (``Boomerang'', ``Cyclone'')

#device		bge		# Broadcom BCM570xx Gigabit Ethernet

# ISA Ethernet NICs.  pccard nics included. TK: those commented are not present

device		cs		# Crystal Semiconductor CS89x0 NIC

# 'device ed' requires 'device miibus'

#device		ed		# NE[12]000, SMC Ultra, 3c503, DS8390 cards

device		ex		# Intel EtherExpress Pro/10 and Pro/10+

#device		ep		# Etherlink III based cards

#device		fe		# Fujitsu MB8696x based cards

#device		ie		# EtherExpress 8/16, 3C507, StarLAN 10 etc.

#device		lnc		# NE2100, NE32-VL Lance Ethernet cards

#device		sn		# SMC's 9000 series of ethernet chips

#device		xe		# Xircom pccard ethernet

# ISA devices that use the old ISA shims

#device		le

# Wireless NIC cards: TK, none so all commented

#device		wlan		# 802.11 support

#device		an		# Aironet 4500/4800 802.11 wireless NICs. 

#device		awi		# BayStack 660 and others

#device		wi		# WaveLAN/Intersil/Symbol 802.11 wireless NICs.

#device		wl		# Older non 802.11 Wavelan wireless NIC.

# Pseudo devices - the number indicates how many units to allocate.

device		random		# Entropy device

device		loop		# Network loopback

device		ether		# Ethernet support

device		sl		# Kernel SLIP

device		ppp		# Kernel PPP

device		tun		# Packet tunnel.

device		pty		# Pseudo-ttys (telnet etc)

device		md		# Memory "disks"

device		gif		# IPv6 and IPv4 tunneling

device		faith		# IPv6-to-IPv4 relaying (translation)

# The `bpf' device enables the Berkeley Packet Filter.

# Be aware of the administrative consequences of enabling this!

device		bpf		# Berkeley packet filter

# USB support

device		uhci		# UHCI PCI->USB interface

device		ohci		# OHCI PCI->USB interface

device		usb		# USB Bus (required)

#device		udbp		# USB Double Bulk Pipe devices

device		ugen		# Generic

device		uhid		# "Human Interface Devices"

device		ukbd		# Keyboard

device		ulpt		# Printer

device		umass		# Disks/Mass storage - Requires scbus and da

device		ums		# Mouse

#device		urio		# Diamond Rio 500 MP3 player: TK, don't have one

#device		uscanner	# Scanners: TK, do not have

# USB Ethernet, requires mii: TK, no USB ethernet cards

#device		aue		# ADMtek USB ethernet

#device		axe		# ASIX Electronics USB ethernet

#device		cue		# CATC USB ethernet

#device		kue		# Kawasaki LSI USB ethernet

# FireWire support

device		firewire	# FireWire bus code

#device		sbp		# SCSI over FireWire (Requires scbus and da): TK, not needed.

#device		fwe		# Ethernet over FireWire (non-standard!): TK, not needed.