From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261998AbUBWTX6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Feb 2004 14:23:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262005AbUBWTX6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Feb 2004 14:23:58 -0500 Received: from bristol.phunnypharm.org ([65.207.35.130]:49838 "EHLO bristol.phunnypharm.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261998AbUBWTX5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Feb 2004 14:23:57 -0500 Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 14:04:32 -0500 From: Ben Collins To: Tillmann Steinbrecher Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: PROBLEM: 2.6.3 + external firewire dvd writer - frequent freezes Message-ID: <20040223190432.GD388@phunnypharm.org> References: <4038B244.2020209@t-st.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4038B244.2020209@t-st.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 02:44:36PM +0100, Tillmann Steinbrecher wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using an external FireWire DVD writer (Plextor 708 in case w/Oxford > 911 chipset). This was working fine until kernel 2.6.2. > > Since I upgraded to 2.6.3, it frequently happens that the system totally > freezes when trying to write a DVD. It's really a hard crash, no mouse > movement, no ping on the network. Reset required. > > It doesn't happen each time I try to burn a DVD, but in about 20% the > cases. So basically the writer is unusable with 2.6.3. > > I searched the web and archives for the problem, but didn't find any > results, except for one guy describing the same problem, also with > 2.6.3, also on this mailing list here: > http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0402.2/0950.html > > However he didn't get any replies. > > Please CC: me for replies, or if anybody needs .config, lspci, or other > info. The firewire controller is a Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A. Can you enable spinlock debug so we can see if this is a race condition somewhere? -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ WatchGuard - http://www.watchguard.com/