On Sat, 2010-05-22 at 11:59 +0200, Stefan Richter wrote: > > On Mon, 2010-01-11 at 16:36 +0100, Stefan Richter wrote: > >> there is an upstream bug with ALi controllers: It does not work > >> at all with firewire-ohci for several people, as it does not survive the > >> second bus reset. http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10935 > > Ben Hutchings wrote on 2010-04-06: > > I normally use the ALi M5253. > > Sorry for going off-topic, but do you mean that your M5253 does work > with firewire-ohci? (I'm not referring to ohci1394, that one does not > feature or trigger the mentioned bug.) Yes, it does work at least some of the time. > If yours works, then the upstream bug 10935 might be limited to some > versions of the ALi link layer controllers, or to certain combinations > of ALi link and FireWire PHY chip, or is only dependent on the PHY > rather than the ALi link. Maybe. I've cracked open the shielding and found an Agere FW802C chip which I believe is the PHY. I can send a photo if you need more information. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.
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