hotpluging a firewire disk

[Edward]

David Jansen wrote:
> I ran into a problem setting up a Linux system for a co-worker. He has
> an external firewire disk.
> The problem is: when it is connected, the system detects a new device:
> 
> # cat /proc/bus/ieee1394/devices
>   Vendor ID: `Linux OHCI-1394' [0x004063]
>   Capabilities: 0x0083c0
>   Bus Options:
>     IRMC(1) CMC(1) ISC(1) BMC(0) PMC(0) GEN(0)
>     LSPD(2) MAX_REC(2048) CYC_CLK_ACC(0)
>   Host Node Status:
>     Host Driver     : ohci1394
>     Nodes connected : 2
>     Nodes active    : 2
>     SelfIDs received: 2
>     Irm ID          : [0-01:1023]
>     BusMgr ID       : [0-63:1023]
>     In Bus Reset    : no
>     Root            : yes
>     Cycle Master    : yes
>     IRM             : yes
>     Bus Manager     : no
> Node[0-00:1023]  GUID[0004da00e0014ddb]:
>   Vendor ID: `Granite Digital' [0x0004da]
>   Capabilities: 0x0083c0
>   Bus Options:
>     IRMC(0) CMC(0) ISC(0) BMC(0) PMC(0) GEN(0)
>     LSPD(0) MAX_REC(64) CYC_CLK_ACC(255)
>   Unit Directory 0:
>     Vendor/Model ID: Granite Digital [0004da] / FireVue 1394-IDE Bridge LUN0 [000000]
>     Software Specifier ID: 00609e
>     Software Version: 010483
>     Driver: SBP2 Driver
>     Length (in quads): 8
> 
> But what it detects is just the electronics in the enclosure, which is
> essentially an IDE-controller to which the actual disk (Maxtor 300 GB)
> is connected. So an sbp2 driver gets loaded, and nothing more.
> 
> I figured out that it works to do:
> # echo "scsi add-single-device 1 0 0" > /proc/scsi/scsi
> after which /dev/sda1 exists. So basically my only remaining question
> is: where to add this in the scripts of hotplug or devlabel or whichever
> component can do such a task.
> 
> David Jansen

What operating system you running? Remember FC2 doesn't have working 
firewire support.

If not FC2 - you probably have to modprobe a mass storage module. Don't 
ask me which one though.

Regards,
Ed.