diff -Naurp libraw1394-2.0.0.orig/src/dispatch.c libraw1394-2.0.0.fix/src/dispatch.c
--- libraw1394-2.0.0.orig/src/dispatch.c	2008-12-05 11:37:36.686557198 -0500
+++ libraw1394-2.0.0.fix/src/dispatch.c	2008-12-05 11:38:57.117432534 -0500
@@ -553,10 +553,7 @@ int raw1394_channel_modify (raw1394handl
 		errno = EINVAL;
 		return -1;
 	}
-	if (handle->is_fw)
-		return fw_channel_modify(handle, channel, mode);
-	else
-		return ieee1394_channel_modify(handle, channel, mode);
+	return ieee1394_channel_modify(handle, channel, mode);
 }
 
 int raw1394_iso_xmit_init(raw1394handle_t handle,
diff -Naurp libraw1394-2.0.0.orig/src/fw.c libraw1394-2.0.0.fix/src/fw.c
--- libraw1394-2.0.0.orig/src/fw.c	2008-12-05 11:37:36.689432892 -0500
+++ libraw1394-2.0.0.fix/src/fw.c	2008-12-05 11:39:44.830509943 -0500
@@ -1342,52 +1342,3 @@ fw_bandwidth_modify (raw1394handle_t han
   
         return 0;
 }
-
-int
-fw_channel_modify (raw1394handle_t handle,
-			unsigned int channel,
-			enum raw1394_modify_mode mode)
-{
-        quadlet_t buffer, compare, swap, bit;
-        nodeaddr_t addr;
-        int result;
-        
-	if (channel >= 64)
-		return -1;
-	addr = CSR_REGISTER_BASE +
-		CSR_CHANNELS_AVAILABLE_HI + 4 * (channel / 32);
-	/* Read currently available channels from IRM. */
-        result = raw1394_read(handle, raw1394_get_irm_id (handle), addr, 
-			      sizeof buffer, &buffer);
-        if (result < 0)
-                return -1;
-        
-	/* IEEE numbers bits from MSB (0) to LSB (31). */
-        bit = 1 << (31 - (channel & 31));
-        compare = ntohl(buffer);
-	switch (mode) {
-	case RAW1394_MODIFY_ALLOC:
-                if ((compare & bit) == 0)
-                        return -1;
-                swap = buffer & ~bit;
-		break;
-
-        case RAW1394_MODIFY_FREE:
-                if ((buffer & bit) != 0)
-                        return -1;
-                swap = buffer | bit;
-		break;
-
-	default:
-		return -1;
-        }
-  
-        result = raw1394_lock (handle, raw1394_get_irm_id (handle), addr,
-			       RAW1394_EXTCODE_COMPARE_SWAP,
-			       htonl(swap), htonl(compare), &buffer);
-
-        if (result < 0 || ntohl(buffer) != compare)
-                return -1;
-  
-        return 0;
-}
diff -Naurp libraw1394-2.0.0.orig/src/fw.h libraw1394-2.0.0.fix/src/fw.h
--- libraw1394-2.0.0.orig/src/fw.h	2008-07-05 16:16:30.000000000 -0400
+++ libraw1394-2.0.0.fix/src/fw.h	2008-12-05 11:40:02.062495475 -0500
@@ -214,9 +214,6 @@ int fw_get_config_rom(fw_handle_t handle
 int fw_bandwidth_modify (raw1394handle_t handle,
 		   unsigned int bandwidth,
 		   enum raw1394_modify_mode mode);
-int fw_channel_modify (raw1394handle_t handle,
-		   unsigned int channel,
-		   enum raw1394_modify_mode mode);
 
 int fw_iso_xmit_start(raw1394handle_t handle, int start_on_cycle,
 			   int prebuffer_packets);
diff -Naurp libraw1394-2.0.0.orig/src/raw1394.h libraw1394-2.0.0.fix/src/raw1394.h
--- libraw1394-2.0.0.orig/src/raw1394.h	2008-07-06 15:03:31.000000000 -0400
+++ libraw1394-2.0.0.fix/src/raw1394.h	2008-12-05 11:39:23.582432381 -0500
@@ -1203,7 +1203,7 @@ raw1394_bandwidth_modify (raw1394handle_
 	enum raw1394_modify_mode mode);
 
 /**
- * raw1394_bandwidth_modify - allocate or release isochronous channel
+ * raw1394_channel_modify - allocate or release isochronous channel
  * @handle: a libraw1394 handle
  * @channel: isochronous channel
  * @mode: whether to allocate or free