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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-10-25 08:05:29 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-10-25 08:05:29 -0700 |
| commit | b7d41a9fbb364c67d91c3588e117eba547e2d4bf (patch) | |
| tree | abf95ce77eaa8b7aed30fded4d3592b4af152a99 /Documentation/ABI/removed/video1394 | |
| parent | da47c19e5c746829042933c8f945a71e2b62d6fc (diff) | |
| parent | 66fa12c571d35e3cd62574c65f1785a460105397 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'ieee1394-removal' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ieee1394/linux1394-2.6
* 'ieee1394-removal' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ieee1394/linux1394-2.6:
ieee1394: remove the old IEEE 1394 driver stack
ieee1394: move init_ohci1394_dma to drivers/firewire/
Fix trivial change/delete conflict: drivers/ieee1394/eth1394.c is
getting removed, but was modified by the networking merge.
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/ABI/removed/video1394')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/removed/video1394 | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/removed/video1394 b/Documentation/ABI/removed/video1394 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..c39c25aee77 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/removed/video1394 @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +What: video1394 (a.k.a. "OHCI-1394 Video support" for FireWire) +Date: May 2010 (scheduled), finally removed in kernel v2.6.37 +Contact: linux1394-devel@lists.sourceforge.net +Description: + /dev/video1394/* were character device files, one for each FireWire + controller, which were used for isochronous I/O. It was added as an + alternative to raw1394's isochronous I/O functionality which had + performance issues in its first generation. Any video1394 user had + to use raw1394 + libraw1394 too because video1394 did not provide + asynchronous I/O for device discovery and configuration. + Replaced by /dev/fw*, i.e. the <linux/firewire-cdev.h> ABI of + firewire-core. + +Users: + libdc1394 (works with firewire-cdev too, transparent to library ABI + users) |