firewire, ieee1394: update Kconfig help
Update the Kconfig help texts of both stacks to encourage a general move
from the older to the newer drivers. However, do not label ieee1394 as
"Obsolete" yet, as the newer drivers have not been deployed as default
stack in the majority of Linux distributions yet, and those who start
doing so now may still want to install the old drivers as fallback for
unforeseen issues.
Since Linux 2.6.32, FireWire audio devices can be driven by the newer
firewire driver stack too, hence remove an outdated comment about audio
devices. Also remove comments about library versions since the 2nd
generation of libraw1394 and libdc1394 is now in common use; details on
library versions can be read at the wiki link from the help texts.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
diff --git a/drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig b/drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig
index f102fcc..e02096c 100644
--- a/drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-menu "IEEE 1394 (FireWire) support"
- depends on PCI || BROKEN
-
-source "drivers/firewire/Kconfig"
-
config IEEE1394
tristate "Legacy alternative FireWire driver stack"
depends on PCI || BROKEN
@@ -16,8 +11,13 @@
is the core support only, you will also need to select a driver for
your IEEE 1394 adapter.
- To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the
- module will be called ieee1394.
+ To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the module will be
+ called ieee1394.
+
+ NOTE:
+ ieee1394 is superseded by the newer firewire-core driver. See
+ http://ieee1394.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Juju_Migration for
+ further information on how to switch to the new FireWire drivers.
config IEEE1394_OHCI1394
tristate "OHCI-1394 controllers"
@@ -29,19 +29,23 @@
use one of these chipsets. It should work with any OHCI-1394
compliant card, however.
- To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the
- module will be called ohci1394.
+ To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the module will be
+ called ohci1394.
NOTE:
+ ohci1394 is superseded by the newer firewire-ohci driver. See
+ http://ieee1394.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Juju_Migration for
+ further information on how to switch to the new FireWire drivers.
+
If you want to install firewire-ohci and ohci1394 together, you
should configure them only as modules and blacklist the driver(s)
which you don't want to have auto-loaded. Add either
- blacklist firewire-ohci
- or
blacklist ohci1394
blacklist video1394
blacklist dv1394
+ or
+ blacklist firewire-ohci
to /etc/modprobe.conf or /etc/modprobe.d/* and update modprobe.conf
depending on your distribution.
@@ -58,8 +62,8 @@
Instruments PCILynx chip. Note: this driver is written for revision
2 of this chip and may not work with revision 0.
- To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the
- module will be called 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
@@ -79,6 +83,14 @@
You should also enable support for disks, CD-ROMs, etc. in the SCSI
configuration section.
+ To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the module will be
+ called sbp2.
+
+ NOTE:
+ sbp2 is superseded by the newer firewire-sbp2 driver. See
+ http://ieee1394.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Juju_Migration for
+ further information on how to switch to the new FireWire drivers.
+
config IEEE1394_SBP2_PHYS_DMA
bool "Enable replacement for physical DMA in SBP2"
depends on IEEE1394_SBP2 && VIRT_TO_BUS && EXPERIMENTAL
@@ -111,6 +123,11 @@
The module is called eth1394 although it does not emulate Ethernet.
+ NOTE:
+ eth1394 is superseded by the newer firewire-net driver. See
+ http://ieee1394.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Juju_Migration for
+ further information on how to switch to the new FireWire drivers.
+
config IEEE1394_RAWIO
tristate "raw1394 userspace interface"
depends on IEEE1394
@@ -123,6 +140,11 @@
To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the module will be
called raw1394.
+ NOTE:
+ raw1394 is superseded by the newer firewire-core driver. See
+ http://ieee1394.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Juju_Migration for
+ further information on how to switch to the new FireWire drivers.
+
config IEEE1394_VIDEO1394
tristate "video1394 userspace interface"
depends on IEEE1394 && IEEE1394_OHCI1394
@@ -136,13 +158,18 @@
To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the module will be
called video1394.
+ NOTE:
+ video1394 is superseded by the newer firewire-core driver. See
+ http://ieee1394.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Juju_Migration for
+ further information on how to switch to the new FireWire drivers.
+
config IEEE1394_DV1394
tristate "dv1394 userspace interface (deprecated)"
depends on IEEE1394 && IEEE1394_OHCI1394
help
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.
+ future release. Its functionality is now provided by either
+ raw1394 or firewire-core together with libraries such as libiec61883.
config IEEE1394_VERBOSEDEBUG
bool "Excessive debugging output"
@@ -153,5 +180,3 @@
will quickly result in large amounts of data sent to the system log.
Say Y if you really need the debugging output. Everyone else says N.
-
-endmenu