firewire scanner problems with 2.6.21.x kernels

dragoran drago01 at gmail.com
Wed Apr 4 13:52:57 UTC 2007


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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