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-rw-r--r--drivers/firewire/core-cdev.c7
-rw-r--r--include/linux/firewire-cdev.h22
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/core-cdev.c b/drivers/firewire/core-cdev.c
index 8f8c8eeaf04..0cf86bcbeea 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/core-cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/core-cdev.c
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@
#include "core.h"
+/*
+ * ABI version history is documented in linux/firewire-cdev.h.
+ */
+#define FW_CDEV_KERNEL_VERSION 3
+
struct client {
u32 version;
struct fw_device *device;
@@ -395,7 +400,7 @@ static int ioctl_get_info(struct client *client, union ioctl_arg *arg)
unsigned long ret = 0;
client->version = a->version;
- a->version = FW_CDEV_VERSION;
+ a->version = FW_CDEV_KERNEL_VERSION;
a->card = client->device->card->index;
down_read(&fw_device_rwsem);
diff --git a/include/linux/firewire-cdev.h b/include/linux/firewire-cdev.h
index 6ffb24a1f2f..0d0cc07358a 100644
--- a/include/linux/firewire-cdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/firewire-cdev.h
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ union fw_cdev_event {
struct fw_cdev_event_response response;
struct fw_cdev_event_request request;
struct fw_cdev_event_iso_interrupt iso_interrupt;
- struct fw_cdev_event_iso_resource iso_resource;
+ struct fw_cdev_event_iso_resource iso_resource; /* added in 2.6.30 */
};
/* available since kernel version 2.6.22 */
@@ -252,22 +252,32 @@ union fw_cdev_event {
#define FW_CDEV_IOC_GET_CYCLE_TIMER2 _IOWR('#', 0x14, struct fw_cdev_get_cycle_timer2)
/*
- * FW_CDEV_VERSION History
+ * ABI version history
* 1 (2.6.22) - initial version
+ * (2.6.24) - added %FW_CDEV_IOC_GET_CYCLE_TIMER
* 2 (2.6.30) - changed &fw_cdev_event_iso_interrupt.header if
* &fw_cdev_create_iso_context.header_size is 8 or more
+ * - added %FW_CDEV_IOC_*_ISO_RESOURCE*,
+ * %FW_CDEV_IOC_GET_SPEED, %FW_CDEV_IOC_SEND_BROADCAST_REQUEST,
+ * %FW_CDEV_IOC_SEND_STREAM_PACKET
* (2.6.32) - added time stamp to xmit &fw_cdev_event_iso_interrupt
* (2.6.33) - IR has always packet-per-buffer semantics now, not one of
* dual-buffer or packet-per-buffer depending on hardware
* 3 (2.6.34) - made &fw_cdev_get_cycle_timer reliable
+ * - added %FW_CDEV_IOC_GET_CYCLE_TIMER2
*/
-#define FW_CDEV_VERSION 3
+#define FW_CDEV_VERSION 3 /* Meaningless; don't use this macro. */
/**
* struct fw_cdev_get_info - General purpose information ioctl
- * @version: The version field is just a running serial number.
- * We never break backwards compatibility, but may add more
- * structs and ioctls in later revisions.
+ * @version: The version field is just a running serial number. Both an
+ * input parameter (ABI version implemented by the client) and
+ * output parameter (ABI version implemented by the kernel).
+ * A client must not fill in an %FW_CDEV_VERSION defined from an
+ * included kernel header file but the actual version for which
+ * the client was implemented. This is necessary for forward
+ * compatibility. We never break backwards compatibility, but
+ * may add more structs, events, and ioctls in later revisions.
* @rom_length: If @rom is non-zero, at most rom_length bytes of configuration
* ROM will be copied into that user space address. In either
* case, @rom_length is updated with the actual length of the