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firewire driver stack too, hence remove an outdated comment about audio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/firewire/Kconfig b/drivers/firewire/Kconfig
index 13efcd3..a9371b3 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/firewire/Kconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
+menu "IEEE 1394 (FireWire) support"
+ depends on PCI || BROKEN
+ # firewire-core does not depend on PCI but is
+ # not useful without PCI controller driver
+
comment "You can enable one or both FireWire driver stacks."
-comment "See the help texts for more information."
+comment "The newer stack is recommended."
config FIREWIRE
tristate "FireWire driver stack"
@@ -15,16 +20,6 @@
To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the module will be
called firewire-core.
- This module functionally replaces ieee1394, raw1394, and video1394.
- To access it from application programs, you generally need at least
- libraw1394 v2. IIDC/DCAM applications need libdc1394 v2.
- No libraries are required to access storage devices through the
- firewire-sbp2 driver.
-
- NOTE:
- FireWire audio devices currently require the old drivers (ieee1394,
- ohci1394, raw1394).
-
config FIREWIRE_OHCI
tristate "OHCI-1394 controllers"
depends on PCI && FIREWIRE
@@ -34,22 +29,7 @@
is the only chipset in use, so say Y here.
To compile this driver as a module, say M here: The module will be
- called firewire-ohci. It replaces ohci1394 of the classic IEEE 1394
- stack.
-
- NOTE:
- 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
-
- to /etc/modprobe.conf or /etc/modprobe.d/* and update modprobe.conf
- depending on your distribution.
+ called firewire-ohci.
config FIREWIRE_OHCI_DEBUG
bool
@@ -66,8 +46,7 @@
like scanners.
To compile this driver as a module, say M here: The module will be
- called firewire-sbp2. It replaces sbp2 of the classic IEEE 1394
- stack.
+ called firewire-sbp2.
You should also enable support for disks, CD-ROMs, etc. in the SCSI
configuration section.
@@ -83,5 +62,8 @@
NOTE, this driver is not stable yet!
To compile this driver as a module, say M here: The module will be
- called firewire-net. It replaces eth1394 of the classic IEEE 1394
- stack.
+ called firewire-net.
+
+source "drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig"
+
+endmenu