1394 Kernel panic on 2.4.0

[Karthik M. <kma...@ho...>]

Summary of my setup:
kernel 2.4.0 on a Vaio F-250 Laptop, pcmcia-cs 3.1.23, OHCI compatible
PCMCIA 1394 adapter, 1394 drivers from kernel tree.

No signs of trouble after boot  in syslog and /proc/pci

lsmod shows ohci1394_cb, ieee1394 and raw1394  loaded


When I switch on my camcorder, an oops followed by a kernel panic
occurs. Same if the camcorder is on when I boot.

I tried compiling the latest driver sources from CVS. They do not
compile
as they are, since a struct definition seems to have changed. I had to
edit guid.c and ohci1394.c to replace a couple of  lines of the form
   xxx->tq.next = NULL;
 with
   INIT_LIST_HEAD(xxx->tq.list);
I made the edits based on a diff of the kernel version with the
downloaded
version.

With those changes, the drivers compile, but the panic still occurs, so
those changes in the kernel  driver sources may be part of the problem.

Can anyone suggest anything?

(I've just joined the list and the archives only go till Dec 15, so I
don't
know if this has been discussed here before)

Thanks,
Karthik