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author | Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> | 2009-12-25 19:36:53 -0500 |
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committer | Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> | 2009-12-29 13:58:17 -0500 |
commit | 5d7db0499e5bb13381a7fbfdd0d913b966545e75 (patch) | |
tree | 0c782ba5f882685bdbb5c142a83ce38288d487ec /drivers/ieee1394 | |
parent | 958a29cb1c9161d61dcd4ced51f260578e19823c (diff) |
firewire, ieee1394: update Kconfig help
Update the Kconfig help texts of both stacks to encourage a general move
from the older to the newer drivers. However, do not label ieee1394 as
"Obsolete" yet, as the newer drivers have not been deployed as default
stack in the majority of Linux distributions yet, and those who start
doing so now may still want to install the old drivers as fallback for
unforeseen issues.
Since Linux 2.6.32, FireWire audio devices can be driven by the newer
firewire driver stack too, hence remove an outdated comment about audio
devices. Also remove comments about library versions since the 2nd
generation of libraw1394 and libdc1394 is now in common use; details on
library versions can be read at the wiki link from the help texts.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/ieee1394')
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig | 59 |
1 files changed, 42 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig b/drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig index f102fcc7e52a..e02096cf7d95 100644 --- a/drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig | |||
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@ | |||
1 | menu "IEEE 1394 (FireWire) support" | ||
2 | depends on PCI || BROKEN | ||
3 | |||
4 | source "drivers/firewire/Kconfig" | ||
5 | |||
6 | config IEEE1394 | 1 | config IEEE1394 |
7 | tristate "Legacy alternative FireWire driver stack" | 2 | tristate "Legacy alternative FireWire driver stack" |
8 | depends on PCI || BROKEN | 3 | depends on PCI || BROKEN |
@@ -16,8 +11,13 @@ config IEEE1394 | |||
16 | is the core support only, you will also need to select a driver for | 11 | is the core support only, you will also need to select a driver for |
17 | your IEEE 1394 adapter. | 12 | your IEEE 1394 adapter. |
18 | 13 | ||
19 | To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the | 14 | To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the module will be |
20 | module will be called ieee1394. | 15 | called ieee1394. |
16 | |||
17 | NOTE: | ||
18 | ieee1394 is superseded by the newer firewire-core driver. See | ||
19 | http://ieee1394.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Juju_Migration for | ||
20 | further information on how to switch to the new FireWire drivers. | ||
21 | 21 | ||
22 | config IEEE1394_OHCI1394 | 22 | config IEEE1394_OHCI1394 |
23 | tristate "OHCI-1394 controllers" | 23 | tristate "OHCI-1394 controllers" |
@@ -29,19 +29,23 @@ config IEEE1394_OHCI1394 | |||
29 | use one of these chipsets. It should work with any OHCI-1394 | 29 | use one of these chipsets. It should work with any OHCI-1394 |
30 | compliant card, however. | 30 | compliant card, however. |
31 | 31 | ||
32 | To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the | 32 | To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the module will be |
33 | module will be called ohci1394. | 33 | called ohci1394. |
34 | 34 | ||
35 | NOTE: | 35 | NOTE: |
36 | ohci1394 is superseded by the newer firewire-ohci driver. See | ||
37 | http://ieee1394.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Juju_Migration for | ||
38 | further information on how to switch to the new FireWire drivers. | ||
39 | |||
36 | If you want to install firewire-ohci and ohci1394 together, you | 40 | If you want to install firewire-ohci and ohci1394 together, you |
37 | should configure them only as modules and blacklist the driver(s) | 41 | should configure them only as modules and blacklist the driver(s) |
38 | which you don't want to have auto-loaded. Add either | 42 | which you don't want to have auto-loaded. Add either |
39 | 43 | ||
40 | blacklist firewire-ohci | ||
41 | or | ||
42 | blacklist ohci1394 | 44 | blacklist ohci1394 |
43 | blacklist video1394 | 45 | blacklist video1394 |
44 | blacklist dv1394 | 46 | blacklist dv1394 |
47 | or | ||
48 | blacklist firewire-ohci | ||
45 | 49 | ||
46 | to /etc/modprobe.conf or /etc/modprobe.d/* and update modprobe.conf | 50 | to /etc/modprobe.conf or /etc/modprobe.d/* and update modprobe.conf |
47 | depending on your distribution. | 51 | depending on your distribution. |
@@ -58,8 +62,8 @@ config IEEE1394_PCILYNX | |||
58 | Instruments PCILynx chip. Note: this driver is written for revision | 62 | Instruments PCILynx chip. Note: this driver is written for revision |
59 | 2 of this chip and may not work with revision 0. | 63 | 2 of this chip and may not work with revision 0. |
60 | 64 | ||
61 | To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the | 65 | To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the module will be |
62 | module will be called pcilynx. | 66 | called pcilynx. |
63 | 67 | ||
64 | Only some old and now very rare PCI and CardBus cards and | 68 | Only some old and now very rare PCI and CardBus cards and |
65 | PowerMacs G3 B&W contain the PCILynx controller. Therefore | 69 | PowerMacs G3 B&W contain the PCILynx controller. Therefore |
@@ -79,6 +83,14 @@ config IEEE1394_SBP2 | |||
79 | You should also enable support for disks, CD-ROMs, etc. in the SCSI | 83 | You should also enable support for disks, CD-ROMs, etc. in the SCSI |
80 | configuration section. | 84 | configuration section. |
81 | 85 | ||
86 | To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the module will be | ||
87 | called sbp2. | ||
88 | |||
89 | NOTE: | ||
90 | sbp2 is superseded by the newer firewire-sbp2 driver. See | ||
91 | http://ieee1394.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Juju_Migration for | ||
92 | further information on how to switch to the new FireWire drivers. | ||
93 | |||
82 | config IEEE1394_SBP2_PHYS_DMA | 94 | config IEEE1394_SBP2_PHYS_DMA |
83 | bool "Enable replacement for physical DMA in SBP2" | 95 | bool "Enable replacement for physical DMA in SBP2" |
84 | depends on IEEE1394_SBP2 && VIRT_TO_BUS && EXPERIMENTAL | 96 | depends on IEEE1394_SBP2 && VIRT_TO_BUS && EXPERIMENTAL |
@@ -111,6 +123,11 @@ config IEEE1394_ETH1394 | |||
111 | 123 | ||
112 | The module is called eth1394 although it does not emulate Ethernet. | 124 | The module is called eth1394 although it does not emulate Ethernet. |
113 | 125 | ||
126 | NOTE: | ||
127 | eth1394 is superseded by the newer firewire-net driver. See | ||
128 | http://ieee1394.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Juju_Migration for | ||
129 | further information on how to switch to the new FireWire drivers. | ||
130 | |||
114 | config IEEE1394_RAWIO | 131 | config IEEE1394_RAWIO |
115 | tristate "raw1394 userspace interface" | 132 | tristate "raw1394 userspace interface" |
116 | depends on IEEE1394 | 133 | depends on IEEE1394 |
@@ -123,6 +140,11 @@ config IEEE1394_RAWIO | |||
123 | To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the module will be | 140 | To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the module will be |
124 | called raw1394. | 141 | called raw1394. |
125 | 142 | ||
143 | NOTE: | ||
144 | raw1394 is superseded by the newer firewire-core driver. See | ||
145 | http://ieee1394.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Juju_Migration for | ||
146 | further information on how to switch to the new FireWire drivers. | ||
147 | |||
126 | config IEEE1394_VIDEO1394 | 148 | config IEEE1394_VIDEO1394 |
127 | tristate "video1394 userspace interface" | 149 | tristate "video1394 userspace interface" |
128 | depends on IEEE1394 && IEEE1394_OHCI1394 | 150 | depends on IEEE1394 && IEEE1394_OHCI1394 |
@@ -136,13 +158,18 @@ config IEEE1394_VIDEO1394 | |||
136 | To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the module will be | 158 | To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the module will be |
137 | called video1394. | 159 | called video1394. |
138 | 160 | ||
161 | NOTE: | ||
162 | video1394 is superseded by the newer firewire-core driver. See | ||
163 | http://ieee1394.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Juju_Migration for | ||
164 | further information on how to switch to the new FireWire drivers. | ||
165 | |||
139 | config IEEE1394_DV1394 | 166 | config IEEE1394_DV1394 |
140 | tristate "dv1394 userspace interface (deprecated)" | 167 | tristate "dv1394 userspace interface (deprecated)" |
141 | depends on IEEE1394 && IEEE1394_OHCI1394 | 168 | depends on IEEE1394 && IEEE1394_OHCI1394 |
142 | help | 169 | help |
143 | The dv1394 driver is unsupported and may be removed from Linux in a | 170 | The dv1394 driver is unsupported and may be removed from Linux in a |
144 | future release. Its functionality is now provided by raw1394 together | 171 | future release. Its functionality is now provided by either |
145 | with libraries such as libiec61883. | 172 | raw1394 or firewire-core together with libraries such as libiec61883. |
146 | 173 | ||
147 | config IEEE1394_VERBOSEDEBUG | 174 | config IEEE1394_VERBOSEDEBUG |
148 | bool "Excessive debugging output" | 175 | bool "Excessive debugging output" |
@@ -153,5 +180,3 @@ config IEEE1394_VERBOSEDEBUG | |||
153 | will quickly result in large amounts of data sent to the system log. | 180 | will quickly result in large amounts of data sent to the system log. |
154 | 181 | ||
155 | Say Y if you really need the debugging output. Everyone else says N. | 182 | Say Y if you really need the debugging output. Everyone else says N. |
156 | |||
157 | endmenu | ||