Firewire in profiler but devices not recognised

[trozminster]

Re: Firewire devices not recognised - Belkin F5U503

In which case my dsdt has the fix - i am using the database dsdt for rev 2.3 now. booting without dsdt results in a kp with AtiRadeonX3000. Is it still worth me extracting my dsdt if I am using one from the database?

One thing I am unclear on is if this fix should render AppleHPET.kext uneccessary. Why are many users reporting deleting it (and making firewire devices work), but I can't?

 

[trozminster]

Re: Firewire devices not recognised - Belkin F5U503

Further clues... in the Network tab of System Preferences, Firewire is listed.

 

[trozminster]

Well, digging further...

Upon downloading FirewireSDK from Apple Developer, and probing a little to see what the problem is, I have various more clues that are meaningless to me.

In FireCracker, I have this...

Bus Information Block:
(0xf0000404) 0x31333934  "1394" 
(0xf0000408) 0xe000a042  IRMC, CMC, ISC, CycClkAcc = 0x00, MaxRec = 0x0a (2048 bytes) 
(0xf000040c) 0x00d00356  NodeVendorID = 0x00d003, ChipIDHi = 0x56
(0xf0000410) 0x00b2568b  ChipIDLo = 0x00b2568b
Root Directory:
(0xf0000414) 0x00092704  Directory header, length = 0x9 quadlets, crc = 0x2704
(0xf0000418) 0x38000004  Key type = 0 (Imm), Key = 0x38, Data = 0x000004
(0xf000041c) 0x03000a27  Key type = 0 (Imm), Key = 0x03 (Module Vendor ID), Data = 0x000a27 (Apple)
(0xf0000420) 0x81000007  Key type = 2 (Leaf), Key = 0x01 (Text), Rel. Offset = 0x000007 (0xf000043c)
   (0xf000043c) 0x0007ac75  Leaf header, length = 0x7 quadlets, crc = 0xac75
   (0xf0000440)   00000000 00000000 4170706c 6520436f   ........Apple Co
   (0xf0000450)   6d707574 65722c20 496e632e            mputer, Inc.    
(0xf0000424) 0x1700000a  Key type = 0 (Imm), Key = 0x17 (Model ID), Data = 0x00000a
(0xf0000428) 0x8100000d  Key type = 2 (Leaf), Key = 0x01 (Text), Rel. Offset = 0x00000d (0xf000045c)
   (0xf000045c) 0x0005ddde  Leaf header, length = 0x5 quadlets, crc = 0xddde
   (0xf0000460)   00000000 00000000 4d616369 6e746f73   ........Macintos
   (0xf0000470)   68000000                              h...            
(0xf000042c) 0x0c0083c0  Key type = 0 (Imm), Key = 0x0c (Node Capabilities), Data = 0x0083c0 (DRQ, LST, FIX, 64Bit, SPT)
(0xf0000430) 0x8d000011  Key type = 2 (Leaf), Key = 0x0d (Node Unique ID), Rel. Offset = 0x000011 (0xf0000474)
   (0xf0000474) 0x0002435c  Leaf header, length = 0x2 quadlets, crc = 0x435c
   (0xf0000478) 0x00d00356  NodeVendorID = 0x00d003, ChipIDHi = 0x56
   (0xf000047c) 0x00b2568b  ChipIDLo = 0x00b2568b
(0xf0000434) 0xd1000013  Key type = 3 (Dir), Key = 0x11 (Unit Dir), Rel. Offset = 0x000013 (0xf0000480)
   Unit Directory:
   (0xf0000480) 0x0002f8d2  Directory header, length = 0x2 quadlets, crc = 0xf8d2
   (0xf0000484) 0x1200005e  Key type = 0 (Imm), Key = 0x12 (Unit Spec ID), Data = 0x00005e (IANA)
   (0xf0000488) 0x13000001  Key type = 0 (Imm), Key = 0x13 (Unit SW Version), Data = 0x000001 (IPv4 (RFC 2734))
(0xf0000438) 0xd1000015  Key type = 3 (Dir), Key = 0x11 (Unit Dir), Rel. Offset = 0x000015 (0xf000048c)
   Unit Directory:
   (0xf000048c) 0x0002c8b1  Directory header, length = 0x2 quadlets, crc = 0xc8b1
   (0xf0000490) 0x1200005e  Key type = 0 (Imm), Key = 0x12 (Unit Spec ID), Data = 0x00005e (IANA)
   (0xf0000494) 0x13000002  Key type = 0 (Imm), Key = 0x13 (Unit SW Version), Data = 0x000002 (IPv6 (RFC 3146))

as the config ROM from the Firewire bus.

Firestarter has

[OUR NODE 0: Root, s400, No power, 803f8056]  *IR* <00d00356.00b2568b>

it correctly lists the number of ports (as 3), the speed (s400) and also says Power Class as No power (??) and Bridge bits as 0 (??).

FireBug on loading says

No TI 1394 PCI-Lynx Firewire Interfaces were found. Please check your hardware configuration

and self-quits.

BusyBus seems busy doing stuff OK with ports recognised but with the following...

Port 0
  Child Connect 
  s100-DS FAULT 

Port 1
  Child Connect 
  s100-DS FAULT 

Port 2
  Child Connect 
  s100-DS FAULT

The infuriating thing is that I know it works - it was working before my reinstall.

 

[trozminster]

Ok, well now I have power to the bus. but still no devices...

I am wondering if it is a kext issue, as I've done a lot of switching around trying to roll back to various versions. Which kexts should a vanilla setup have loaded in System Profiler/Software/Extensions?
I am concerned that the only ones I have loaded (in 32 bit) are
IOFirewireFamily and
IOFirewireAVC,

but not
IOFirewireSerialBusPrototcol nor
IOFirewireSBP2 nor
AppleFWAudio.
In 64 bit none are showing in SP/S/E.

So I'm confused. Why hasn't the kernel loaded the extensions? I have run Kext Utility to rebuild caches & set permissions.

 

[trwoolley]

Ok, well now I have power to the bus. but still no devices...

I am wondering if it is a kext issue, as I've done a lot of switching around trying to roll back to various versions. Which kexts should a vanilla setup have loaded in System Profiler/Software/Extensions?
I am concerned that the only ones I have loaded (in 32 bit) are
IOFirewireFamily and
IOFirewireAVC,

but not
IOFirewireSerialBusPrototcol nor
IOFirewireSBP2 nor
AppleFWAudio.
In 64 bit none are showing in SP/S/E.

So I'm confused. Why hasn't the kernel loaded the extensions? I have run Kext Utility to rebuild caches & set permissions.

trozminster -
I have a new build with a GA-P55-USBr2 and a generic firewire T1 card, but installation from 10.6.3 and upgrade to 10.6.5 yielded no firewire kexts at all in System Profiler. Yet they ARE in S/L/E.

I am puzzled as to why these FW kexts do not show up in SP. I used the latest iBoot 2.5.2 with a SN 10.6.3 retail disc, then upgraded per instructions to 10.6.5. I also used Tony's latest DSDT for my MOBO, DSDT-GA-P55-USB3-2.0-F6.

What did you do to get them to show up, and which rollback kexts did work for you? I have many legacy FW externals, so I am anxious to get firewire working on my otherwise perfect 10.6.5 Snow Leopard installation

Any help will be much appreciated! Thanks.

 

[trwoolley]

Ok, then. My FireWire card is old, so perhaps I need a new one. Can anyone suggest a compatible FireWire card for my GA-P55-USB3? I need at least an onboard 1394a internal header to connect to my front case top header. Then I can use my external iSight webcam which already works well from the GA-EX-UD5 build which has built-in internal firewire ports front and rear.