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1*4882a593SmuzhiyunWhat:		video1394 (a.k.a. "OHCI-1394 Video support" for FireWire)
2*4882a593SmuzhiyunDate:		May 2010 (scheduled), finally removed in kernel v2.6.37
3*4882a593SmuzhiyunContact:	linux1394-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
4*4882a593SmuzhiyunDescription:
5*4882a593Smuzhiyun	/dev/video1394/* were character device files, one for each FireWire
6*4882a593Smuzhiyun	controller, which were used for isochronous I/O.  It was added as an
7*4882a593Smuzhiyun	alternative to raw1394's isochronous I/O functionality which had
8*4882a593Smuzhiyun	performance issues in its first generation.  Any video1394 user had
9*4882a593Smuzhiyun	to use raw1394 + libraw1394 too because video1394 did not provide
10*4882a593Smuzhiyun	asynchronous I/O for device discovery and configuration.
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12*4882a593Smuzhiyun	Replaced by /dev/fw*, i.e. the <linux/firewire-cdev.h> ABI of
13*4882a593Smuzhiyun	firewire-core.
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15*4882a593SmuzhiyunUsers:
16*4882a593Smuzhiyun	libdc1394 (works with firewire-cdev too, transparent to library ABI
17*4882a593Smuzhiyun	users)
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