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| author | Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> | 2008-07-25 18:24:19 +0400 |
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| committer | Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> | 2008-07-25 22:10:33 +0400 |
| commit | f05e21b39f7dddcebab03ff329fef5783fea58d4 (patch) | |
| tree | 9753dca61f3fe14793715ddda96bda1984cf0ba0 /drivers/firewire | |
| parent | c0220d686b926a5865a2032c805015758bfdda69 (diff) | |
| download | linux-f05e21b39f7dddcebab03ff329fef5783fea58d4.tar.xz | |
firewire: state userland requirements in Kconfig help
Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/firewire')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/firewire/Kconfig | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/Kconfig b/drivers/firewire/Kconfig index 76f26710fc16..fa6d6abefd4d 100644 --- a/drivers/firewire/Kconfig +++ b/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" |