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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/obsolete/dv1394 | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/removed/dv1394 | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/removed/raw1394 | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/removed/raw1394_legacy_isochronous | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/removed/video1394 | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 10 |
6 files changed, 45 insertions, 35 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/dv1394 b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/dv1394 deleted file mode 100644 index 2ee36864ca10..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/dv1394 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,9 +0,0 @@ -What: dv1394 (a.k.a. "OHCI-DV I/O support" for FireWire) -Contact: linux1394-devel@lists.sourceforge.net -Description: - New application development should use raw1394 + userspace libraries - instead, notably libiec61883 which is functionally equivalent. - -Users: - ffmpeg/libavformat (used by a variety of media players) - dvgrab v1.x (replaced by dvgrab2 on top of raw1394 and resp. libraries) diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/removed/dv1394 b/Documentation/ABI/removed/dv1394 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..c2310b6676f4 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/removed/dv1394 @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +What: dv1394 (a.k.a. "OHCI-DV I/O support" for FireWire) +Date: May 2010 (scheduled), finally removed in kernel v2.6.37 +Contact: linux1394-devel@lists.sourceforge.net +Description: + /dev/dv1394/* were character device files, one for each FireWire + controller and for NTSC and PAL respectively, from which DV data + could be received by read() or transmitted by write(). A few + ioctl()s allowed limited control. + This special-purpose interface has been superseded by libraw1394 + + libiec61883 which are functionally equivalent, support HDV, and + transparently work on top of the newer firewire kernel drivers. + +Users: + ffmpeg/libavformat (if configured for DV1394) diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/removed/raw1394 b/Documentation/ABI/removed/raw1394 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..490aa1efc4ae --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/removed/raw1394 @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +What: raw1394 (a.k.a. "Raw IEEE1394 I/O support" for FireWire) +Date: May 2010 (scheduled), finally removed in kernel v2.6.37 +Contact: linux1394-devel@lists.sourceforge.net +Description: + /dev/raw1394 was a character device file that allowed low-level + access to FireWire buses. Its major drawbacks were its inability + to implement sensible device security policies, and its low level + of abstraction that required userspace clients do duplicate much + of the kernel's ieee1394 core functionality. + Replaced by /dev/fw*, i.e. the <linux/firewire-cdev.h> ABI of + firewire-core. + +Users: + libraw1394 (works with firewire-cdev too, transparent to library ABI + users) diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/removed/raw1394_legacy_isochronous b/Documentation/ABI/removed/raw1394_legacy_isochronous deleted file mode 100644 index 1b629622d883..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/ABI/removed/raw1394_legacy_isochronous +++ /dev/null @@ -1,16 +0,0 @@ -What: legacy isochronous ABI of raw1394 (1st generation iso ABI) -Date: June 2007 (scheduled), removed in kernel v2.6.23 -Contact: linux1394-devel@lists.sourceforge.net -Description: - The two request types RAW1394_REQ_ISO_SEND, RAW1394_REQ_ISO_LISTEN have - been deprecated for quite some time. They are very inefficient as they - come with high interrupt load and several layers of callbacks for each - packet. Because of these deficiencies, the video1394 and dv1394 drivers - and the 3rd-generation isochronous ABI in raw1394 (rawiso) were created. - -Users: - libraw1394 users via the long deprecated API raw1394_iso_write, - raw1394_start_iso_write, raw1394_start_iso_rcv, raw1394_stop_iso_rcv - - libdc1394, which optionally uses these old libraw1394 calls - alternatively to the more efficient video1394 ABI diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/removed/video1394 b/Documentation/ABI/removed/video1394 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..c39c25aee77b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/removed/video1394 @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +What: video1394 (a.k.a. "OHCI-1394 Video support" for FireWire) +Date: May 2010 (scheduled), finally removed in kernel v2.6.37 +Contact: linux1394-devel@lists.sourceforge.net +Description: + /dev/video1394/* were character device files, one for each FireWire + controller, which were used for isochronous I/O. It was added as an + alternative to raw1394's isochronous I/O functionality which had + performance issues in its first generation. Any video1394 user had + to use raw1394 + libraw1394 too because video1394 did not provide + asynchronous I/O for device discovery and configuration. + Replaced by /dev/fw*, i.e. the <linux/firewire-cdev.h> ABI of + firewire-core. + +Users: + libdc1394 (works with firewire-cdev too, transparent to library ABI + users) diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 9961f1564d22..e833c8c81e69 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -502,16 +502,6 @@ Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> ---------------------------- -What: old ieee1394 subsystem (CONFIG_IEEE1394) -When: 2.6.37 -Files: drivers/ieee1394/ except init_ohci1394_dma.c -Why: superseded by drivers/firewire/ (CONFIG_FIREWIRE) which offers more - features, better performance, and better security, all with smaller - and more modern code base -Who: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> - ----------------------------- - What: The acpi_sleep=s4_nonvs command line option When: 2.6.37 Files: arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c |