linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] firewire: cdev: fix documentation of FW_CDEV_IOC_GET

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Date:	Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:52:38 +0100
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	linux1394-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] firewire: cdev: fix documentation of FW_CDEV_IOC_GET_INFO

I wrote:
> The FW_CDEV_IOC_GET_INFO ioctl looks at client->device->config_rom, not
> at the local node's config ROM.
> 
> We could fix the implementation or the documentation.  I believe the way
> how it is currently implemented is more useful than the way how it is
> currently documented, hence let's change only the documentation.
...
>   * struct fw_cdev_get_info - General purpose information ioctl
...
>   * @rom:	If non-zero, address of a buffer to be filled by a copy of the
> - *		local node's configuration ROM
> + *		device's configuration ROM

Of course libdc1394 uses the ABI already as implemented, not as documented.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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