Discussed in "read_cycle_timer backwards for sub-cycle 0000, 0001",
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.firewire.devel/13704

Known bad controllers:
  ALi M5271, listed by lspci as M5253 [10b9:5253]
  NEC OrangeLink [1033:00cd] (rev 03)
  NEC uPD72874 [1033:00f2] (rev 01)
  VIA VT6306 [1106:3044] (rev 46)
  VIA VT6308P, listed by lspci as rev c0
Reported-by: Pieter Palmers <pieterp@joow.be>
Reported-by: Håkan Johansson <f96hajo@chalmers.se>
Reported-by: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>