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author | Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> | 2007-06-25 20:18:40 (GMT) |
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committer | Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> | 2007-06-29 15:32:07 (GMT) |
commit | fe77d4f283e840879f0e23b86a5d6a486823fdef (patch) | |
tree | b8829aa5a8d04da635638b7fbaab92bfbc95b52b /drivers/firewire | |
parent | 0a9972baa7454c747fd5f67ce864420dff99d383 (diff) | |
download | linux-fe77d4f283e840879f0e23b86a5d6a486823fdef.tar.xz |
firewire: add Kconfig help on building both stacks
Alas that won't work so good, because nobody reads help texts.
I thought about adding some crude multiple choice selection (build the
old stack, build the new stack, build both stacks). It's possible, but
it would introduce awkward dummy config variables.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/firewire')
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/firewire/Kconfig | 65 |
1 files changed, 43 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/Kconfig b/drivers/firewire/Kconfig index 396dade..d011a76 100644 --- a/drivers/firewire/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/firewire/Kconfig @@ -4,27 +4,44 @@ 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. - - To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the module will be - called firewire-core. - - This is the "JUJU" FireWire stack, an alternative implementation + 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. + To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the module will be + called firewire-core. It functionally replaces ieee1394, raw1394, + and video1394. + + NOTE: + + You should only build ONE of the stacks, unless you REALLY know what + you are doing. If you install both, you should configure them only as + modules rather than link them statically, and you should blacklist one + of the concurrent low-level drivers in /etc/modprobe.conf. Add either + + blacklist firewire-ohci + or + blacklist ohci1394 + + there depending on which driver you DON'T want to have auto-loaded. + You can optionally do the same with the other IEEE 1394/ FireWire + drivers. + + If you have an old modprobe which doesn't implement the blacklist + directive, use either + + install firewire-ohci /bin/true + or + install ohci1394 /bin/true + + and so on, depending on which modules you DON't want to have + auto-loaded. + config FIREWIRE_OHCI tristate "Support for OHCI FireWire host controllers" depends on PCI && FIREWIRE @@ -34,11 +51,13 @@ 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. + + NOTE: - 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. + If you also build ohci1394 of the classic stack, blacklist either + ohci1394 or firewire-ohci to let hotplug load only the desired driver. config FIREWIRE_SBP2 tristate "Support for storage devices (SBP-2 protocol driver)" @@ -50,12 +69,14 @@ 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. + NOTE: + + If you also build sbp2 of the classic stack, blacklist either sbp2 + or firewire-sbp2 to let hotplug load only the desired driver. |