* [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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http://arcgraph.de/sr/
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