reopen 288273 thanks Hi,
I just checked it on the SPARC machine, with the following result: ===================================================================== firewire_core: giving up on config rom for node id ffc1 firewire_core: BM lock failed, making local node (ffc0) root. firewire_core: phy config: card 0, new root=ffc0, gap_count=5 /[EMAIL PROTECTED],700000: PCI discard timeout error asserted. /[EMAIL PROTECTED],700000: PCI bus error, PCI_STATUS[22a0] firewire_core: Unsolicited response (source ffc1, tlabel 0) firewire_core: BM lock failed, making local node (ffc0) root. firewire_core: phy config: card 0, new root=ffc0, gap_count=5 firewire_core: phy config: card 0, new root=ffc1, gap_count=5 /[EMAIL PROTECTED],700000: PCI discard timeout error asserted. /[EMAIL PROTECTED],700000: PCI bus error, PCI_STATUS[22a0] /[EMAIL PROTECTED],700000: PCI discard timeout error asserted. /[EMAIL PROTECTED],700000: PCI bus error, PCI_STATUS[22a0] firewire_core: Unsolicited response (source ffc1, tlabel 0) firewire_core: BM lock failed, making local node (ffc0) root. firewire_core: phy config: card 0, new root=ffc0, gap_count=5 /[EMAIL PROTECTED],700000: PCI discard timeout error asserted. /[EMAIL PROTECTED],700000: PCI bus error, PCI_STATUS[22a0] firewire_core: Unsolicited response (source ffc1, tlabel 0) firewire_core: BM lock failed, making local node (ffc0) root. firewire_core: phy config: card 0, new root=ffc0, gap_count=5 firewire_core: phy config: card 0, new root=ffc1, gap_count=5 /[EMAIL PROTECTED],700000: PCI discard timeout error asserted. /[EMAIL PROTECTED],700000: PCI bus error, PCI_STATUS[22a0] firewire_core: phy config: card 0, new root=ffc1, gap_count=5 /[EMAIL PROTECTED],700000: PCI discard timeout error asserted. [...] ===================================================================== Turning on the firewire external HDD (hot-plug), I can make the system lock up. I also checked that the i386 config still works: ===================================================================== firewire_core: phy config: card 0, new root=ffc1, gap_count=5 firewire_core: phy config: card 0, new root=ffc1, gap_count=5 scsi3 : SBP-2 IEEE-1394 firewire_core: created new fw device fw1 (4 config rom retries) firewire_sbp2: logged in to sbp2 unit fw1.0 (0 retries) firewire_sbp2: - management_agent_address: 0xfffff0010000 firewire_sbp2: - command_block_agent_address: 0xfffff0010020 firewire_sbp2: - status write address: 0x000100000000 scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access-RBC WDC WD20 00JB-00GVA0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4 sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 390721968 512-byte hardware sectors (200050 MB) sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 11 00 00 00 sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 390721968 512-byte hardware sectors (200050 MB) sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 11 00 00 00 sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA sdb: sdb1 sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 14 ===================================================================== (All using latest stock Debian kernels 2.6.22) I hope I will have the time for further investigation soon. Feel free to tell me what to look for to speed up this process. Thanks, bye, Roland -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]