firewire scanner problems with 2.6.21.x kernels

[Kristian Høgsberg]

Joseph E. Sacco wrote:
> Done:
> 
>  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235199

Thanks.  The old firewire scsi driver (sbp2) driver has a couple of error 
handling cases that still aren't in the new driver, I think it's a matter of 
just moving those over.  I'll try to take a look.

> On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 15:52 +0200, dragoran wrote:
>> Joseph E. Sacco wrote:
>>> An Epson 2450 Perfection scanner with both USB and firewire connections
>>> works well using either type of connection when running FC6 [2.6.20.4
>>> kernel].
>>>
>>> When running fedora/rawhide [2.6.21.x kernel] the scanner works well
>>> using the USB connection but has problems when using the firewire
>>> connection.
>>>
>>> With firewire and the 2.6.21.x kernel:
>>> * scanner is recognized
>>> * scan starts and then hangs
>>>
>>> /var/log/messages indicate that connectivity/registration of the
>>> firewire device has been lost:
>>>
>>> Apr  4 09:43:45  plantain kernel: fw_core: phy config: card 1, new root=ffc1, gap_count=5
>>> Apr  4 09:43:45  plantain kernel: fw_core: created new fw device fw2 (0 config rom retries)
>>> Apr  4 09:43:45  plantain kernel: fw_sbp2: logged in to sbp2 unit fw2.0 (0 retries)
>>> Apr  4 09:43:45  plantain kernel: fw_sbp2:  - management_agent_address:    0xfffff0010020
>>> Apr  4 09:43:45  plantain kernel: fw_sbp2:  - command_block_agent_address: 0xfffff0010100
>>> Apr  4 09:43:46  plantain kernel: fw_sbp2:  - status write address:        0x000100000000
>>> Apr  4 09:43:46  plantain kernel: scsi2 : SBP-2 IEEE-1394
>>> Apr  4 09:43:46  plantain kernel: scsi 2:0:0:0: Processor         EPSON    GT-9700          1.05 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
>>> Apr  4 09:43:46  plantain kernel: scsi 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 3
>>> Apr  4 09:44:10  plantain kernel: ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
>>> Apr  4 09:46:27  plantain kernel: fw_sbp2: sbp2_scsi_abort
>>> Apr  4 09:46:37  plantain kernel: fw_sbp2: sbp2_scsi_abort
>>> Apr  4 09:46:37  plantain kernel: scsi 2:0:0:0: scsi: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery
>>> Apr  4 09:46:38  plantain kernel: scsi 2:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device
>>>
>>>
>>> Can anyone else verify this problem?
>>>
>>>   
>> please fill a bug f7 uses a new firewire stack that might still have 
>> bugs....
>>> -Joseph
>>>
>>>   
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