(Copying you directly, Rick, because my last post on DVD writers to the list got dropped somehow.)
From: Rick Johnson <rjohnson@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Firewire missing in FC2 SMP kernel 2.6.7-1.494.2.2 To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Message-ID: <411AB3E9.5010405@xxxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
Went to mount my trusty firewire peerless on a machine I don't use too often and noticed that the firewire modules were missing in the SMP kernel. Was this an oversight of the kernel maintainer or is firewire broken with SMP?
See excellent write up at http://www.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/snapshots/FC2-firewire/0README
I had to build the module for SMP myself, following the instructions under section #3 in the above doc, and it just worked (I am using an el cheapo Belkin i.Link PCI card).
Thanks - looks like building myself is the solution. For now, my lazy workaround has been to boot the non-smp kernel when I needed to access firewire devices.
I'm using an Adaptec firewire card, and will post any problems if encountered.
Any speculation on whether this will be fixed by FC3 and subsequently RHEL4?
-Rick -- Rick Johnson, RHCE #807302311706007 - rjohnson@xxxxxxxxxx Linux/Network Administrator - Medata, Inc. PGP Public Key: https://mail.medata.com/pgp/rjohnson.asc
