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* [PATCH] firewire: state userland requirements in Kconfig help
@ 2008-07-25 14:24 Stefan Richter
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From: Stefan Richter @ 2008-07-25 14:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux1394-devel; +Cc: linux-kernel

Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
---
 drivers/firewire/Kconfig |    9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: linux/drivers/firewire/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/drivers/firewire/Kconfig
+++ linux/drivers/firewire/Kconfig
@@ -16,8 +16,13 @@ config FIREWIRE
 	  enable the new stack.
 
 	  To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the module will be
-	  called firewire-core.  It functionally replaces ieee1394, raw1394,
-	  and video1394.
+	  called firewire-core.
+
+	  This module functionally replaces ieee1394, raw1394, and video1394.
+	  To access it from application programs, you generally need at least
+	  libraw1394 version 2.  IIDC/DCAM applications also need libdc1394
+	  version 2.  No libraries are required to access storage devices
+	  through the firewire-sbp2 driver.
 
 config FIREWIRE_OHCI
 	tristate "OHCI-1394 controllers"

-- 
Stefan Richter
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