Re: Issue with firewire from 2.6.35.9 to 2.6.36.1

[Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>]

Stefan Richter wrote:
> > On Sun, 2010-12-05 at 17:37 -0600, Robin Cook wrote:
> > > I recently upgraded from 26.35.9 to 2.6.36.1 and now the /dev/fwX
> > > devices are not being created.  I have udev 164 installed.
> > > 
> > > 2.6.35.9 dmesg firewire lines...
> > > 
> > > firewire_ohci 0000:07:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 44 (level, low) -> IRQ 44
> > > firewire_ohci 0000:07:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
> > > firewire_ohci: Added fw-ohci device 0000:07:00.0, OHCI v1.10, 4 IR + 8 IT contexts, quirks 0x1
> > > firewire_core: created device fw0: GUID 0010dc0001adc862, S400
> > > firewire_core: created device fw1: GUID 00808803072803a5, S100
> > > firewire_core: phy config: card 0, new root=ffc1, gap_count=5
> > > 
> > > 2.6.36.1 dmesg firewire lines...
> > > 
> > > firewire_ohci 0000:07:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 44 (level, low) -> IRQ 44
> > > firewire_ohci 0000:07:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
> > > firewire_ohci 0000:07:00.0: irq 75 for MSI/MSI-X
> > > firewire_ohci: Added fw-ohci device 0000:07:00.0, OHCI v1.10, 4 IR + 8 IT contexts, quirks 0x1
> 
> ... Rather, MSI support
> (messages signaled interrupts, added to firewire-ohci in kernel 2.6.36)
> of your controller might be buggy.

I'd guess if you check in /proc/interrupts you see that no interrupts
have arrived for IRQ 75 (firewire-ohci).

> Which controller do you have according to "lspci -nn"?

"0010DC" is MSI.  I've heard about VT6315 and JMB381 controllers on
their mainboards; since the driver tries to enable MSI, it must be the
VT6315.


Regards,
Clemens