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Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 10:03:55 -0400
From: "John Stoffel" <john@stoffel.org>
To: Michael Brade <brade@informatik.uni-muenchen.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ieee1394: sbp2: sbp2util_node_write_no_wait failed
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Michael> I get the above message frequently while copying data (around
Michael> 200000 mail files, 2GB) from my laptop to an external
Michael> harddisk via ieee1394. The ieee system completely deadlocked
Michael> with 2.6.13 without the chance to umount or reuse the
Michael> device. Now I upgraded to 2.6.14-rc5 and I still get the
Michael> error followed by a 10sec pause or so, but then the copying
Michael> continues. I will have to check if it copied all data
Michael> correctly, though.

One thing I suggest right off the bat is to make sure that firmware on
your external enclosure is updated to the latest/greatest.  Alot of
vendors (esp those using the Prolific chipset) don't get it right
initially.  

Other than that, at least it's recovering better now and not locking
up!

John
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