From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933222AbXHVVSM (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:18:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1762980AbXHVVR6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:17:58 -0400 Received: from einhorn.in-berlin.de ([192.109.42.8]:59517 "EHLO einhorn.in-berlin.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758545AbXHVVR5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:17:57 -0400 X-Envelope-From: stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de Message-ID: <46CCA7F3.3070404@s5r6.in-berlin.de> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:17:39 +0200 From: Stefan Richter User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070807 SeaMonkey/1.1.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org CC: linux1394-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Notes on migrating to the new FireWire driver stack X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org As many of you certainly noticed, Linux 2.6.22 has got a new FireWire driver subsystem (nicknamed Juju) which is available as an independent alternative to the classic IEEE 1394 subsystem. Prompted by incoming feedback, I now posted some basic hints on /if/ and /how/ to migrate to the new FireWire drivers at http://wiki.linux1394.org/JujuMigration In short, kernel packagers who want to provide FireWire support in Linux 2.6.22 and 2.6.23 should - build only the old drivers, or - build the old and the new drivers but blacklist the new drivers like described on the wiki, or - implement the necessary userspace integration for the new drivers. (That's what was done in Fedora 7.) NB, neither does the wiki currently cover everything necessary for complete userspace integration, nor are the new drivers and respective compatibility extensions in FireWire userspace libraries feature-complete yet. Kudos to all you out there who reported problems with the new drivers, are helping us debugging the drivers, and contributed migration how-tos. You know who you are. -- Stefan Richter -=====-=-=== =--- =-==- http://arcgraph.de/sr/