ieee1394: write broadcast_channel only to select nodes (fixes device recognition)
authorStefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Mon, 5 Dec 2005 21:28:59 +0000 (16:28 -0500)
committerJody McIntyre <scjody@modernduck.com>
Tue, 13 Dec 2005 04:21:12 +0000 (23:21 -0500)
commitd51e86c18a479f1dbcef3aa20e58ad04d1233016
treec6dd3b79a4276908451d8daa8587347a03ca7f1c
parent48622b7bde008387218a416586e9d072b385f1ae
ieee1394: write broadcast_channel only to select nodes (fixes device recognition)

Some old 1394-1995 SBP-2 bridges would hang if they received a broadcast write
request to BROADCAST_CHANNEL before the config ROM was read.  Affected devices
include Datafab MD2-FW2 2.5" HDD and SmartDisk VST FWCDRW-V8 portable CD writer.
The write request is now directed to specific nodes instead of being broadcast
to all nodes at once, and it is only performed if a previous read request at
this register succeeded.

Fixes an old interoperability problem which was perceived as a 2.6.14-specific
regression: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=113190586800003

Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Signed-off-by: Jody McIntyre <scjody@modernduck.com>
(cherry picked from 61c7f775ca25ccfc0e51486103a724fb1a3a08f2 commit)
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c