linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] firewire: fw-cdev: use device generation, not card generation

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Date:	Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:05:27 -0500
From:	Jarod Wilson <jwilson@...hat.com>
To:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
CC:	linux1394-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Kristian Høgsberg <krh@...hat.com>,
	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] firewire: fw-cdev: use device generation, not card
 generation

Stefan Richter wrote:
> We have to use the fw_device.generation here, not the fw_card.generation,
> because the generation must never be newer than the node ID when we emit
> a transaction.  This cannot be guaranteed with fw_card.generation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>

Verified in concert with parts 1 and 3 as well as with 1, 3 and 4, to fix
'giving up on config rom' issues on multiple system and drive combinations
that were previously affected.

Signed-off-by: Jarod Wilson <jwilson@...hat.com>


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