RE: Linux 1394 somewhat unfriendly during boot?
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From: Mark K. <mk...@co...> - 2000-06-10 19:17:16
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Hi all, I am ONLY using the 1394 subsystem compiled into the kernel and it is work great for me. I am not seeing any problems and have it installed on 5 machines, all with different processors & motherboards. My tests include all of the applications that folks here have been writing except for Franck's networking drivers. I have not tried them as of yet. (Sorry Franck!!) Mark -----Original Message----- From: Andreas Bombe [mailto:and...@mu...] Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2000 11:22 AM To: Manfred Weihs Cc: Seb...@sy...; lin...@li... Subject: Re: Linux 1394 somewhat unfriendly during boot? On Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 06:48:43PM +0200, Manfred Weihs wrote: > Sebastien Rougeaux wrote: > > I have not tested the ohci driver directly linked into the kernel, and so > > I would not recommend using this option yet. > > 1) I do not use ohci, but pcilynx. > > 2) I meanwhile compiled the stuff as modules, and the problem remains. > But I have now the possiblity to avoid the hang-ups of my machine by > unloading the 1394-modules before generating a bus reset und insmoding > them afterwards -> so it is definitely a bug in the driver. I found some problems apparantly with PCILynx while experimenting with the driver on a StrongARM platform. I'm still experimenting. > 3) If it is not recommended to put the driver into the kernel, but > rather to put it into a module, this should be mentioned in the > documentation (/usr/src/linux/Documentation/Configure.help). If one does > not intend to update the driver more frequently than the driver, it > makes much sense to put it into the kernel, because then you do not have > to bother around with the insmod's. If it doesn't work compiled in then that is a bug and not expected. Of course, this doesn't usually show up on my system since I compile as modules in order to not have to reboot constantly during development (unless forced to :-) However, I do try a monolithic kernel once in a while. -- Andreas E. Bombe <and...@mu...> DSA key 0x04880A44 http://home.pages.de/~andreas.bombe/ http://linux1394.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ mailing list lin...@li... http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/linux1394-devel |