Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 624314
Firewire problem with Sony camcorder
Last modified: 2011-06-28 10:34:45 EDT
I plug in camcorder and kernel does detect it, but /dev/fw1 is not created. Putting the module in debug mode: echo -1 > /sys/module/firewire_ohci/parameters/debug produces this in /var/log/messages: Aug 15 17:05:18 xxx kernel: firewire_ohci: IRQ 00200000 cycle64Seconds Aug 15 17:05:38 xxx kernel: firewire_ohci: IRQ 00000010 AR_req Aug 15 17:05:38 xxx kernel: firewire_ohci: AR evt_bus_reset, generation 236 Aug 15 17:05:38 xxx kernel: firewire_ohci: IRQ 00000010 AR_req Aug 15 17:05:38 xxx kernel: firewire_ohci: AR evt_bus_reset, generation 236 Aug 15 17:05:38 xxx kernel: firewire_ohci: IRQ 00000010 AR_req Aug 15 17:05:38 xxx kernel: firewire_ohci: AR evt_bus_reset, generation 237 Aug 15 17:05:38 xxx kernel: firewire_ohci: IRQ 00000010 AR_req [repeats many times until I unplug the camera] I just upgraded this machine to F13 from F12. The system is fully patched. My user has been added to disk and video groups. 01:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) Camera is Sony DCR-HC52 (only a few months old). I have gotten this camcorder to work a few times before under F12.
Could you install the kernel of F12 alongside that of F13, boot the old kernel, and see whether it still works? If it does, what are the versions of the working kernel and non-working kernel?
(Or test boot an F12 live CD, if something like that exists.)
And another thought: What does modinfo firewire-ohci show on F13?
modinfo shows this: filename: /lib/modules/2.6.33.6-147.2.4.fc13.i686/kernel/drivers/firewire/firewire-ohci.ko alias: ohci1394 license: GPL description: Driver for PCI OHCI IEEE1394 controllers author: Kristian Hoegsberg <krh@bitplanet.net> srcversion: 0D6AA975A7073410B03068A alias: pci:v*d*sv*sd*bc0Csc00i10* depends: firewire-core vermagic: 2.6.33.6-147.2.4.fc13.i686 SMP mod_unload 686 parm: debug:Verbose logging (default = 0, AT/AR events = 1, self-IDs = 2, IRQs = 4, busReset events = 8, or a combination, or all = -1) (int) Not sure about installing an old kernel - that might be over my head :)
An update on this. I happen to try logging in as root and plugging in the camera. I now get a message "giving up on config rom". I did not see this with a normal user (despite adding the user to the disk and video groups).
The user under which you log in should not matter. Except perhaps that some firewire-aware programs are started or not started, I don't know. Strangely enough, we did actually add a fix to kernel 2.6.33.6 that specifically fixed a problem with some (presumably older) Sony camcorders. http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6-stable.git;a=commitdiff;h=896457128ac63394d9841a265627b1fea84a0250 Could you please gather a kernel log again with firewire-ohci's debug logging switched on and attach it here?
Note to self: The change mentioned in comment 6 is not in effect here. Comment 5 says that the Configuration ROM of the camcorder could not be read. The new branch in commit 89645712 is only entered if the remote node's Configuration ROM exists. Karl, please attach the kernel log with firewire-ohci's debug parameter set to -1.
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