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diff --git a/drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig b/drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig
index b8a47342cd2..61d7809a5a2 100644
--- a/drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
-# -*- shell-script -*-
-
menu "IEEE 1394 (FireWire) support"
config IEEE1394
tristate "IEEE 1394 (FireWire) support"
depends on PCI || BROKEN
- select NET
help
IEEE 1394 describes a high performance serial bus, which is also
known as FireWire(tm) or i.Link(tm) and is used for connecting all
@@ -35,24 +32,7 @@ config IEEE1394_VERBOSEDEBUG
Say Y if you really want or need the debugging output, everyone
else says N.
-config IEEE1394_EXTRA_CONFIG_ROMS
- bool "Build in extra config rom entries for certain functionality"
- depends on IEEE1394
- help
- Some IEEE1394 functionality depends on extra config rom entries
- being available in the host adapters CSR. These options will
- allow you to choose which ones.
-
-config IEEE1394_CONFIG_ROM_IP1394
- bool "IP-1394 Entry"
- depends on IEEE1394_EXTRA_CONFIG_ROMS && IEEE1394
- help
- Adds an entry for using IP-over-1394. If you want to use your
- IEEE1394 bus as a network for IP systems (including interacting
- with MacOSX and WinXP IP-over-1394), enable this option and the
- eth1394 option below.
-
-comment "Device Drivers"
+comment "Controllers"
depends on IEEE1394
comment "Texas Instruments PCILynx requires I2C"
@@ -70,6 +50,10 @@ config IEEE1394_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
+ almost everybody can say N here.
+
config IEEE1394_OHCI1394
tristate "OHCI-1394 support"
depends on PCI && IEEE1394
@@ -83,7 +67,7 @@ config IEEE1394_OHCI1394
To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the
module will be called ohci1394.
-comment "Protocol Drivers"
+comment "Protocols"
depends on IEEE1394
config IEEE1394_VIDEO1394
@@ -121,11 +105,15 @@ config IEEE1394_SBP2_PHYS_DMA
This option is buggy and currently broken on some architectures.
If unsure, say N.
+config IEEE1394_ETH1394_ROM_ENTRY
+ depends on IEEE1394
+ bool
+ default n
+
config IEEE1394_ETH1394
- tristate "Ethernet over 1394"
+ tristate "IP over 1394"
depends on IEEE1394 && EXPERIMENTAL && INET
- select IEEE1394_CONFIG_ROM_IP1394
- select IEEE1394_EXTRA_CONFIG_ROMS
+ select IEEE1394_ETH1394_ROM_ENTRY
help
This driver implements a functional majority of RFC 2734: IPv4 over
1394. It will provide IP connectivity with implementations of RFC
@@ -134,24 +122,26 @@ config IEEE1394_ETH1394
This driver is still considered experimental. It does not yet support
MCAP, therefore multicast support is significantly limited.
+ The module is called eth1394 although it does not emulate Ethernet.
+
config IEEE1394_DV1394
tristate "OHCI-DV I/O support (deprecated)"
depends on IEEE1394 && IEEE1394_OHCI1394
help
- The dv1394 driver will be removed from Linux in a future release.
- Its functionality is now provided by raw1394 together with libraries
- such as libiec61883.
+ 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.
config IEEE1394_RAWIO
tristate "Raw IEEE1394 I/O support"
depends on IEEE1394
help
- Say Y here if you want support for the raw device. This is generally
- a good idea, so you should say Y here. The raw device enables
- direct communication of user programs with the IEEE 1394 bus and
- thus with the attached peripherals.
+ This option adds support for the raw1394 device file which enables
+ direct communication of user programs with the IEEE 1394 bus and thus
+ with the attached peripherals. Almost all application programs which
+ access FireWire require this option.
- To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the
- module will be called raw1394.
+ To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the module will be
+ called raw1394.
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