linux-kernel - Re: In-tree version of new FireWire drivers available

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Message-Id: <1169691420.16086.4.camel@eastgate-five-sixty-four.mit.edu>
Date:	Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:17:00 -0500
From:	David Moore <dcm@....EDU>
To:	Kristian Høgsberg <krh@...planet.net>
Cc:	Pieter Palmers <pieterp@...w.be>,
	linux1394-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: In-tree version of new FireWire drivers available

On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 19:30 -0500, Kristian Høgsberg wrote:

> The problem isn't packets that are too big, the problem is we can get
> unexpected / too many empty packets, which will then cause the DMA
> engine to move on to the next descriptor before the payload buffer has
> been completely filled. 

I was under the impression that for an empty packet, the descriptor
wouldn't fire at all.  Is that not correct?

-David

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