ieee1394 still utterly broken in 2.6.7-rc3
Is it too much to ask to at least revert back to the ieee1394 code from 2.6.3 before shipping the final 2.6.7?
Firewire was dysfunctional sind 2.6.3, and still has not been fixed, despite several updates to the code.
Please, 2.6 is supposed to be a stable kernel, for people to use in production environments.
Here's what happens with every kernel since 2.6.4:
kernel boots
finds firewire hard disk
creates device
boot sequence tries to mount disk
computer hangs
I pull the cable
computer continues booting, just without firewire disk
It's an Athlon mainboard with VIA chipset.
Felix
Quoted 19 lines · Felix von Leitner
Is it too much to ask to at least revert back to the ieee1394 code from 2.6.3 before shipping the final 2.6.7?
Firewire was dysfunctional sind 2.6.3, and still has not been fixed, despite several updates to the code.
Please, 2.6 is supposed to be a stable kernel, for people to use in production environments.
Here's what happens with every kernel since 2.6.4:
kernel boots
finds firewire hard disk
creates device
boot sequence tries to mount disk
computer hangs
I pull the cable
computer continues booting, just without firewire disk
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It's an Athlon mainboard with VIA chipset.
Is firewire built-in to the kernel? I haven't seen any of these problems _at all_, but I use modules. I have a 250gig firewire disk that is used for nightly backups for 5 systems via rsync and ssh, and it never shows any problems.
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