| 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 to 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) |
