X-Git-Url: https://err.no/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=drivers%2Ffirewire%2FKconfig;h=25bdc2dd9ce10cf5cb8bfe2fd19ac130c27cdb33;hb=adf6d34e460387ee3e8f1e1875d52bff51212c7d;hp=396dade731f9177b6354f1bfd6edcc2bff5e0642;hpb=1acf6ba085777f91e9a815bb6b4dbe0fe62823b0;p=linux-2.6 diff --git a/drivers/firewire/Kconfig b/drivers/firewire/Kconfig index 396dade731..25bdc2dd9c 100644 --- a/drivers/firewire/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/firewire/Kconfig @@ -1,29 +1,25 @@ -# -*- shell-script -*- - comment "An alternative FireWire stack is available with EXPERIMENTAL=y" depends on EXPERIMENTAL=n config FIREWIRE - tristate "IEEE 1394 (FireWire) support (JUJU alternative stack, experimental)" + tristate "IEEE 1394 (FireWire) support - alternative stack, EXPERIMENTAL" depends on EXPERIMENTAL select CRC_ITU_T 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 - sorts of devices (most notably digital video cameras) to your - computer. - - If you have FireWire hardware and want to use it, say Y here. This - is the core support only, you will also need to select a driver for - your IEEE 1394 adapter. + This is the "Juju" FireWire stack, a new alternative implementation + designed for robustness and simplicity. You can build either this + stack, or the classic stack (the ieee1394 driver, ohci1394 etc.) + or both. Please read http://wiki.linux1394.org/JujuMigration before + you enable the new stack. To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the module will be - called firewire-core. + called firewire-core. It functionally replaces ieee1394, raw1394, + and video1394. - This is the "JUJU" FireWire stack, an alternative implementation - designed for robustness and simplicity. You can build either this - stack, or the classic stack (the ieee1394 driver, ohci1394 etc.) - or both. + NOTE: + + You should only build ONE of the stacks, unless you REALLY know what + you are doing. config FIREWIRE_OHCI tristate "Support for OHCI FireWire host controllers" @@ -34,11 +30,29 @@ config FIREWIRE_OHCI 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. + called firewire-ohci. It replaces ohci1394 of the classic IEEE 1394 + stack. - If you also build ohci1394 of the classic IEEE 1394 driver stack, - blacklist either ohci1394 or firewire-ohci to let hotplug load the - desired driver. + NOTE: + + You should only build ohci1394 or firewire-ohci, but not both. + If you nevertheless want to install both, 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. The latter two modules should be + blacklisted together with ohci1394 because they depend on ohci1394. + + If you have an old modprobe which doesn't implement the blacklist + directive, use "install modulename /bin/true" for the modules to be + blacklisted. config FIREWIRE_SBP2 tristate "Support for storage devices (SBP-2 protocol driver)" @@ -50,12 +64,8 @@ config FIREWIRE_SBP2 like scanners. To compile this driver as a module, say M here: The module will be - called firewire-sbp2. + called firewire-sbp2. It replaces sbp2 of the classic IEEE 1394 + stack. You should also enable support for disks, CD-ROMs, etc. in the SCSI configuration section. - - If you also build sbp2 of the classic IEEE 1394 driver stack, - blacklist either sbp2 or firewire-sbp2 to let hotplug load the - desired driver. -