--- /dev/null
+#ifndef SOUND_FIREWIRE_LIB_H_INCLUDED
+#define SOUND_FIREWIRE_LIB_H_INCLUDED
+
+#include <linux/firewire-constants.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+struct fw_unit;
+
+#define FW_GENERATION_MASK 0x00ff
+#define FW_FIXED_GENERATION 0x0100
+#define FW_QUIET 0x0200
+
+int snd_fw_transaction(struct fw_unit *unit, int tcode,
+ u64 offset, void *buffer, size_t length,
+ unsigned int flags);
+
+/* returns true if retrying the transaction would not make sense */
+static inline bool rcode_is_permanent_error(int rcode)
+{
+ return rcode == RCODE_TYPE_ERROR || rcode == RCODE_ADDRESS_ERROR;
+}
+
+#endif