1 What: video1394 (a.k.a. "OHCI-1394 V 1 What: video1394 (a.k.a. "OHCI-1394 Video support" for FireWire)
2 Date: May 2010 (scheduled), finally 2 Date: May 2010 (scheduled), finally removed in kernel v2.6.37
3 Contact: linux1394-devel@lists.sourcefo 3 Contact: linux1394-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
4 Description: 4 Description:
5 /dev/video1394/* were character device 5 /dev/video1394/* were character device files, one for each FireWire
6 controller, which were used for isochr 6 controller, which were used for isochronous I/O. It was added as an
7 alternative to raw1394's isochronous I 7 alternative to raw1394's isochronous I/O functionality which had
8 performance issues in its first genera 8 performance issues in its first generation. Any video1394 user had
9 to use raw1394 + libraw1394 too becaus 9 to use raw1394 + libraw1394 too because video1394 did not provide
10 asynchronous I/O for device discovery 10 asynchronous I/O for device discovery and configuration.
11 11
12 Replaced by /dev/fw*, i.e. the <linux/ 12 Replaced by /dev/fw*, i.e. the <linux/firewire-cdev.h> ABI of
13 firewire-core. 13 firewire-core.
14 14
15 Users: 15 Users:
16 libdc1394 (works with firewire-cdev to 16 libdc1394 (works with firewire-cdev too, transparent to library ABI
17 users) 17 users)
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