diff --git a/sound/firewire/lib.h b/sound/firewire/lib.h
index aef3014..02cfabc 100644
--- a/sound/firewire/lib.h
+++ b/sound/firewire/lib.h
@@ -6,8 +6,13 @@
 
 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);
+		       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)