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| author | Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> | 2007-04-21 20:54:37 +0200 |
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| committer | Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> | 2007-04-30 00:00:33 +0200 |
| commit | 3f94aa4d69bb9837857bac2755090a3cd28bfdc1 (patch) | |
| tree | 84937e4a9a36a5f2c4c4e170f9c97960d0079dfd /drivers | |
| parent | 749cf76620a8f0d1ab4ff83c8e8f18028045a094 (diff) | |
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ieee1394: more help in Kconfig
- s/Device Drivers/Controllers/
- clarify who needs pcilynx
- don't recommend Y for raw1394; M is typically used
Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig | 20 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig b/drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig index 5c0b522ae077..f9c4abe9fb28 100644 --- a/drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ config IEEE1394_VERBOSEDEBUG Say Y if you really want or need the debugging output, everyone else says N. -comment "Device Drivers" +comment "Controllers" depends on IEEE1394 comment "Texas Instruments PCILynx requires I2C" @@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ config IEEE1394_PCILYNX To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the module will be called pcilynx. + Only some old and now very rare PCI and CardBus cards and + PowerMacs G3 B&W contain the PCILynx controller. Therefore + almost everybody can say N here. + config IEEE1394_OHCI1394 tristate "OHCI-1394 support" depends on PCI && IEEE1394 @@ -65,7 +69,7 @@ config IEEE1394_OHCI1394 To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the module will be called ohci1394. -comment "Protocol Drivers" +comment "Protocols" depends on IEEE1394 config IEEE1394_VIDEO1394 @@ -134,12 +138,12 @@ config IEEE1394_RAWIO tristate "Raw IEEE1394 I/O support" depends on IEEE1394 help - Say Y here if you want support for the raw device. This is generally - a good idea, so you should say Y here. The raw device enables - direct communication of user programs with the IEEE 1394 bus and - thus with the attached peripherals. + This option adds support for the raw1394 device file which enables + direct communication of user programs with the IEEE 1394 bus and thus + with the attached peripherals. Almost all application programs which + access FireWire require this option. - To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the - module will be called raw1394. + To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the module will be + called raw1394. endmenu |