linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 02/11] firewire: Move fw_card kref functions into linux/firewire.h

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Date:	Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:18:21 +0000
From:	Chris Boot <bootc@...tc.net>
To:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
CC:	linux1394-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	target-devel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	agrover@...hat.com, clemens@...isch.de, nab@...ux-iscsi.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 02/11] firewire: Move fw_card kref functions into linux/firewire.h

On 15/02/2012 19:10, Stefan Richter wrote:
> On Feb 15 Chris Boot wrote:
>> When writing a firewire driver that doesn't deal with struct fw_device
>> objects (e.g. it only publishes FireWire units and doesn't subscribe to
>> them), you likely need to keep referenced to struct fw_card objects so
>> that you can send messages to other nodes. This patch moves
>> fw_card_put(), fw_card_get() and fw_card_release() into the public
>> include/linux/firewire.h header instead of drivers/firewire/core.h, and
>> adds EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fw_card_release).
>>
>> The firewire-sbp-target module requires these so it can keep a reference
>> to the fw_card object in order that it can fetch ORBs to execute and
>> read/write related data and status information.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Chris Boot<bootc@...tc.net>
>> Cc: Clemens Ladisch<clemens@...isch.de>
>
> Acked-by: Stefan Richter<stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>

Thanks!

[snip]

Cheers,
Chris

-- 
Chris Boot
bootc@...tc.net
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