firewire 400 and FC7

[michael]

On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 15:01 +0100, michael wrote:
> I've just tried to connect my LaCie disk up to my Fedora box (Intel Duo2
> Core):
> 
> 	$ uname -a Linux veri.phy.umist.ac.uk 2.6.22.4-65.fc7 #1 SMP Tue Aug 21
> 21:50:50 EDT 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> 
> but it's not happy with the Firewire 400 connect. All I can see of
> relevance in /var/log/messages is:
> 
> 	Oct  3 14:49:37 veri kernel: firewire_core: giving up on config rom for
> node id ffc0
> 
> Looking about I see that there's been some issues re Firewire and FC7
> but does anybody know if it's been fixed or how I can use my LaCie box?

I'm bitterly disappointed nobody's had any input. Is this because nobody
else has seen a problem with firewire (in which case tell me your
set-up!) or everybody else puts up with it not working (in which case at
least let me know I'm not alone)

I know you're alive - I've seen the numerous emails debating FC8's name
(!)

Ta, in frustration,
M