From 5d7db0499e5bb13381a7fbfdd0d913b966545e75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Richter Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:36:53 +0100 Subject: 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 Since Linux 2.6.32, FireWire audio devices can be driven by the newer firewire driver stack too, hence remove an outdated comment about audio devices.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 --- drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/ieee1394') diff --git a/drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig b/drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig index f102fcc..e02096c 100644 --- a/drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig @@ -1,8 +1,3 @@ -menu "IEEE 1394 (FireWire) support" - depends on PCI || BROKEN - -source "drivers/firewire/Kconfig" - config IEEE1394 tristate "Legacy alternative FireWire driver stack" depends on PCI || BROKEN @@ -16,8 +11,13 @@ config IEEE1394 is the core support only, you will also need to select a driver for your IEEE 1394 adapter. - To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the - module will be called ieee1394. + To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the module will be + called ieee1394. + + NOTE: + ieee1394 is superseded by the newer firewire-core driver. See + http://ieee1394.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Juju_Migration for + further information on how to switch to the new FireWire drivers. config IEEE1394_OHCI1394 tristate "OHCI-1394 controllers" @@ -29,19 +29,23 @@ config IEEE1394_OHCI1394 use one of these chipsets. It should work with any OHCI-1394 compliant card, however. - To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the - module will be called ohci1394. + To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the module will be + called ohci1394. NOTE: + ohci1394 is superseded by the newer firewire-ohci driver. See + http://ieee1394.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Juju_Migration for + further information on how to switch to the new FireWire drivers. + If you want to install firewire-ohci and ohci1394 together, you should configure them only as modules and blacklist the driver(s) which you don't want to have auto-loaded. Add either - blacklist firewire-ohci - or blacklist ohci1394 blacklist video1394 blacklist dv1394 + or + blacklist firewire-ohci to /etc/modprobe.conf or /etc/modprobe.d/* and update modprobe.conf depending on your distribution. @@ -58,8 +62,8 @@ config IEEE1394_PCILYNX Instruments PCILynx chip. Note: this driver is written for revision 2 of this chip and may not work with revision 0. - To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the - module will be called pcilynx. + To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the module will be + called pcilynx. Only some old and now very rare PCI and CardBus cards and PowerMacs G3 B&W contain the PCILynx controller. Therefore @@ -79,6 +83,14 @@ config IEEE1394_SBP2 You should also enable support for disks, CD-ROMs, etc. in the SCSI configuration section. + To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the module will be + called sbp2. + + NOTE: + sbp2 is superseded by the newer firewire-sbp2 driver. See + http://ieee1394.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Juju_Migration for + further information on how to switch to the new FireWire drivers. + config IEEE1394_SBP2_PHYS_DMA bool "Enable replacement for physical DMA in SBP2" depends on IEEE1394_SBP2 && VIRT_TO_BUS && EXPERIMENTAL @@ -111,6 +123,11 @@ config IEEE1394_ETH1394 The module is called eth1394 although it does not emulate Ethernet. + NOTE: + eth1394 is superseded by the newer firewire-net driver. See + http://ieee1394.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Juju_Migration for + further information on how to switch to the new FireWire drivers. + config IEEE1394_RAWIO tristate "raw1394 userspace interface" depends on IEEE1394 @@ -123,6 +140,11 @@ config IEEE1394_RAWIO To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the module will be called raw1394. + NOTE: + raw1394 is superseded by the newer firewire-core driver. See + http://ieee1394.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Juju_Migration for + further information on how to switch to the new FireWire drivers. + config IEEE1394_VIDEO1394 tristate "video1394 userspace interface" depends on IEEE1394 && IEEE1394_OHCI1394 @@ -136,13 +158,18 @@ config IEEE1394_VIDEO1394 To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the module will be called video1394. + NOTE: + video1394 is superseded by the newer firewire-core driver. See + http://ieee1394.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Juju_Migration for + further information on how to switch to the new FireWire drivers. + config IEEE1394_DV1394 tristate "dv1394 userspace interface (deprecated)" depends on IEEE1394 && IEEE1394_OHCI1394 help The dv1394 driver is unsupported and may be removed from Linux in a - future release. Its functionality is now provided by raw1394 together - with libraries such as libiec61883. + future release. Its functionality is now provided by either + raw1394 or firewire-core together with libraries such as libiec61883. config IEEE1394_VERBOSEDEBUG bool "Excessive debugging output" @@ -153,5 +180,3 @@ config IEEE1394_VERBOSEDEBUG will quickly result in large amounts of data sent to the system log. Say Y if you really need the debugging output. Everyone else says N. - -endmenu -- cgit v1.1