Firstly, thanks for the extensive explanation Stefan. I tried setting the 0x100 option for sbp2, and you are correct, no other workarounds are now enabled, but that doesn't fix this.
I also tried a modified kernel module, where there is a distinction between the first and second time out messages. This is the first message. I also tried increasing the timeout value to 40s, this also didn't help. In reviewing all of the dmesg logs however, I noticed there is an early complaintm after the host is added, there a large number of complaints that ieee1394: The root node is not cycle master capable; selecting a new root node and resetting... Eventually this stops repeating. And then there is the complaint ieee1394: Error parsing configrom for node 0-00:1023 (where this node id is for the tape drive in question) Do these two items indicate that something else is actually going on here? I would certainly appreciate any other suggestions on what I could try to get this tape drive working under ubuntu. It is reported to work under FreeBSD, so perhaps I'll try that next. -- External ieee1394 drive not recognized 2.6.27-5 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/279342 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
