Bug#478419: linux-image-2.6.25: firewire ipod no longer works under kernels >= 2.6.22 with new firewire stack

[maximilian attems <max@stro.at>]

On Mon, 28 Apr 2008, Alec Robertson wrote:

> Package: linux-image-2.6.25-rc8-686
> Version: 2.6.25~rc8-1~experimental.1~snapshot.11067
> Severity: normal
> File: linux-image-2.6.25

 
 
> My firewire ipod no longer works with either the new juju firewire stack
> (firewire_sbp2) nor the old ieee1394 (sbp2) stack. The ipod has worked for
> many years prior to the switch in 2.6.22 to the new stack. The ipod
> works on macs and pcs so it's not an ipod error.

could you try 2.6.25 that is in unstable is it working there?

if not you can try 2.6.26-rc6 snapshot.
 
> The ipod connects fine and I can see the music, but when I try to write
> anything (either with gnupod, gtkpod or amarok) then the ipod just sits
> there with the hard drive clicking over every 5-10 seconds in what
> sounds to be a reset noise. The system slows to a crawl and the only way
> I can resume is to pull out the firewire pcmcia card. Interestingly, the
> problem/symptoms seem consistent between the two stacks?
> 
> I raised these issues in bug #475295 but that seems to have devolved
> into an "old vs new" flamefest and I'm afraid my useability concerns got
> lost in there :(
> 
> I understand the need for secure and clean code for the firewire stack,
> but arguing that the userspace applications need to catch up to a stack
> that doesn't even work is not an argument. Meanwhile, my ipod continues
> not to work.

if it still doesn't work on the 2 aboves version, please file an bug
report in bugzilla.kernel.org and let us know the bug number.

thanks

-- 
maks