[plug] Firewire causes system to freeze

[Carl Gherardi]

lkml is probably the place to report that one.

An strace would probably be welcomed aswell.

Carl

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Onno Benschop [mailto:onno at itmaze.com.au]
> Sent: Wednesday, 15 January 2003 4:55 PM
> To: PLUG
> Subject: [plug] Firewire causes system to freeze
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm running a Debian kernel 2.4.20-686 on an Intel 815 series
> motherboard. I have an external firewire case with an 80Gb drive. The
> case uses an Oxford Semiconducter Ltd / Wise Advanced Co., 
> Ltd. chipset
> and drives an 80Gb MAXTOR - L080J4.
> 
> When I transfer data to or from the drive, for no apparent reason at
> all, my workstation will hang. There are no kernel messages, no log
> entries, it just stops.
> 
> While I'd love to hear from someone who has solved this problem, I'm
> much more likely to find some guidance in actually tracking down this
> problem.
> 
> Which steps do I need to take to find out what is going on, so I can
> then go about fixing it, because at the moment, I'd just feel like
> throwing the whole kit and caboodle out the window!
> 
> Looking forward to some pointers...
> 
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