Re: Changes to the FireWire kernel drivers in Linux 4.4...4.8
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From: Stefan R. <st...@s5...> - 2016-10-09 10:32:41
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On Sep 23 Takashi Sakamoto wrote: > On Sep 22 2016 22:05, Stefan Richter wrote: > > Linux 4.4 (10 January 2016) [...] > > snd-firewire-lib > > - numerous changes for additional device driver support > > - Handle "unexpected protocol" error with some BeBoB devices, e.g. > > M-Audio FireWire 1814. > > This is for a regression which comes from a series of work to > restructure firewire-lib. So it's not newly added. > > The restructuring is done by an idea to split 'data block processing' > layer from 'isochronous packet processing' layer. This is needed to > integrate firewire-digi00x/firewire-tascam because models which > supported by these new drivers are not compliant to IEC 61883-6. > > You can see information about a part of protocols which the models use > in below web-pages: > http://subversion.ffado.org/wiki/digi003rack > http://subversion.ffado.org/wiki/Tascam/FW-1804 > > This is aim of the 'numerous changes'. Thanks for the explanations. I edited the changelog at ieee1394.wiki.kernel.org accordingly. -- Stefan Richter -======----- =-=- -=--= http://arcgraph.de/sr/ |