1394 hardware

I recently bought a 1394 PCI adapter for the desktop PC, which is the
debugging target. My notebook is the host and a 4-pin connector on the
notebook and a 6-pin on the desktop adapter connects the two machines.
Unfortunately, it's not working.

Could some of you share the hardware specs of a 1394 PCI adapter for a
desktop, and the cable specs, that you've used? I'd have to buy the
stuff again.

ShivaP
Tue Oct 09 04:09:08 PDT 2007

Hi,

Please look at the section:

"setting up a 1394 Cable Connection" in the Debugging tools for windows
documentation.

>> For kernel debugging to work properly with a 1394 connection, you might have to disable the 1394 host controller on the target computer or disable the 1394 network adapter on the host computer. The required adjustments vary depending on the operating system on the target computer

You also need to Instal the 1394 Virtual Driver. Please follow the steps
given in the above mentioned documentation.

Shiv



"rup" wrote:

> I recently bought a 1394 PCI adapter for the desktop PC, which is the
> debugging target. My notebook is the host and a 4-pin connector on the
> notebook and a 6-pin on the desktop adapter connects the two machines.
> Unfortunately, it's not working.
>
> Could some of you share the hardware specs of a 1394 PCI adapter for a
> desktop, and the cable specs, that you've used? I'd have to buy the
> stuff again.
>
>

rup
Tue Oct 09 05:59:00 PDT 2007

I tried all that. Do take a look at these two posts of mine (which is
unanswered):

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windbg/browse_thread/thread/b5e009db6e91941c
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windbg/browse_thread/thread/67689a959dc6976e

There's some problem with the driver, that's I want to know the specs
of a card that some of you in this group have been using.

rup
Tue Oct 09 07:00:46 PDT 2007

I did go through the documentation once more after you mentioned. One
thing I missed was not being Admin on my host. So now, I tried that
way and here're the symptoms:

(I run WinXP sp2 free builds on both machines),


Both have the host controller enabled, (in fact that's what the doc
says for XP SP2, do check), 1394 net adapters enabled.
Windbg waits for connection
Target boots
On the host I get a bubble popping up in the taskbar saying "1394
cable unplugged" (I had checked "Start -> Connect to -> Show all
connections" prior to debugging, the 1394 connection there was
enabled)

(I tried with 1394 host disabled in the target, but that didn't work
either)

Also, in debug mode, my 1394 host driver is tagged with a yellow !
mark with the error msg "the drivers for this device couldn't be
started..."

So:
1. Is my cable defective?
2. Is the PCI adapter defective? (the driver was installed
automatically by Windows)

wesley
Tue Oct 09 07:40:05 PDT 2007

On 9 Oct, 15:00, rup <sauparna.p...@gmail.com> wrote:
> (I run WinXP sp2 free builds on both machines),
> Both have the host controller enabled, (in fact that's what the doc
> says for XP SP2, do check), 1394 net adapters enabled.

I have a similar setup - XP/SP2 host and target - working fine.

On my target, I right-clicked on my firewire device ("NEC OHCI
Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller") in Device Manager and disabled
it. It now has a red X.

On the target, run OsrBIC or some other boot utility to tell the
target to expect to be debugged over firewire at boot. In OsrBIC, tick
"DebugPort" and set it to "1394" and tick "Channel" and set it to "0".
The only other thing ticked for my debugging boot entry is
"FastDetect".

So, on the target: (i) check for the red X, (ii) run osrbic, and (iii)
reboot

Wesley.

Maxim
Tue Oct 09 10:14:01 PDT 2007

> On the target, run OsrBIC or some other boot utility to tell the

Notepad on BOOT.INI on pre-Vista

OS-provided BCDEDIT on Vista

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Gary
Wed Oct 10 12:49:13 PDT 2007

Checkout OsrOnline.com for their 1394 card. Either that or look for a card
with the TI chipset.

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Gary G. Little

"rup" <sauparna.palc@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1191905587.061012.293010@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com...
>I recently bought a 1394 PCI adapter for the desktop PC, which is the
> debugging target. My notebook is the host and a 4-pin connector on the
> notebook and a 6-pin on the desktop adapter connects the two machines.
> Unfortunately, it's not working.
>
> Could some of you share the hardware specs of a 1394 PCI adapter for a
> desktop, and the cable specs, that you've used? I'd have to buy the
> stuff again.
>