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authorStefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>2009-12-25 19:36:53 -0500
committerStefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>2009-12-29 13:58:17 -0500
commit5d7db0499e5bb13381a7fbfdd0d913b966545e75 (patch)
tree0c782ba5f882685bdbb5c142a83ce38288d487ec /drivers/ieee1394
parent958a29cb1c9161d61dcd4ced51f260578e19823c (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 Since Linux 2.6.32, FireWire audio devices can be driven by the newer firewire driver stack too, hence remove an outdated comment about audio devices.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/Kconfig59
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 @@
1menu "IEEE 1394 (FireWire) support"
2 depends on PCI || BROKEN
3
4source "drivers/firewire/Kconfig"
5
6config IEEE1394 1config 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18 ieee1394 is superseded by the newer firewire-core driver.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
22config IEEE1394_OHCI1394 22config 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
82config IEEE1394_SBP2_PHYS_DMA 94config 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
114config IEEE1394_RAWIO 131config 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
126config IEEE1394_VIDEO1394 148config 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
139config IEEE1394_DV1394 166config 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
147config IEEE1394_VERBOSEDEBUG 174config 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
157endmenu