Firewire HDs

[Natalia Portillo]

What about hotplug? Doesnt the kernel support hotplug so no driver
reloading is needed?

> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: yellowdog-general-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com 
> [mailto:yellowdog-general-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com] 
> En nombre de Carsten Milling
> Enviado el: lunes, 19 de mayo de 2003 22:44
> Para: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Asunto: Re: Firewire HDs
> 
> 
> On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 09:37:51PM +0100, Natalia Portillo wrote:
> > I think that isnt a question of scripts, if it is solved 
> changing the
> > kernel
> 
> Well, you have to rescan the scsi bus if you plug in the device after
> the kernel modules have been loaded. See
> <http://www.linux1394.org/sbp2.html>, where the script mentioned by
> Tim is referenced. BTW, you also have to modprobe the ohci1394 module.
> I didn't see this in the dmesg output.
> 
> There is also a HOWTO on the YDL site:
> <http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/solutions/ydl_general/f
> irewire_disks.shtml>
> It's a bit dated in terms of the kernel version but the main procedure
> is still the same. Also note that on a PowerBook you need to unload
> all firewire modules before you put it into sleep. Otherwise the
> kernel will crash as soon as you access a firewire disk after wakeup.
> 
> 
> > > -----Mensaje original-----
> > > De: yellowdog-general-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com 
> > > [mailto:yellowdog-general-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com] 
> > > En nombre de Tim Seufert
> > > Enviado el: lunes, 19 de mayo de 2003 9:16
> > > Para: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> > > Asunto: Re: Firewire HDs
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Sunday, May 18, 2003, at 06:07  PM, Ben Hall wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Hmm, some progress?  Here's what dmesg tells me:
> > > >
> > > > ieee1394: Node 01:1023 has non-standard ROM format (0 
> > > quads), cannot 
> > > > parse
> > > > ieee1394: sbp2: Logged into SBP-2 device
> > > > ieee1394: sbp2: Node[01:1023]: Max speed [S400] - Max 
> payload [2048]
> > > > ieee1394: Device added: Node[01:1023]  
> > > GUID[0030e001e0005bcc]  [Oxford 
> > > > Semiconductor Ltd.   ]
> > > >
> > > > I still, however, cannot see the device from any programs.  I'm 
> > > > assuming it would use /dev/sda, at least that's what 
> > > happened in RH9.
> > > 
> > > YDL probably doesn't have the hotplug scripts set up to 
> do all the 
> > > necessary tasks.  One of them is that you have to rescan the sbp2 
> > > virtual SCSI bus to get the kernel to assign a /dev/sdX node 
> > > to the new 
> > > drive.  Do a google search for "rescan-scsi-bus.sh" to 
> find a shell 
> > > script that rescans all available SCSI busses.
> > > 
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