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authorStefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>2007-01-07 22:33:59 +0100
committerStefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>2007-03-09 22:02:39 +0100
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parentfirewire: put old and new stack into same Kconfig submenu (diff)
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firewire: additional help in Kconfig
Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/firewire/Kconfig')
-rw-r--r--drivers/firewire/Kconfig25
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/Kconfig b/drivers/firewire/Kconfig
index 048d52e69d15..5c46e257bc9c 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/firewire/Kconfig
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@ config FW
is the core support only, you will also need to select a driver for
your IEEE 1394 adapter.
- This is the "JUJU" FireWire stack, an alternative
- implementation designed for robustness and simplicity.
+ To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the module will be
+ called fw-core.
- To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the
- module will be called fw-core.
+ This is the "JUJU" FireWire stack, an alternative implementation
+ designed for robustness and simplicity. You can build either this
+ stack, or the classic stack (the ieee1394 driver, ohci1394 etc.)
+ or both.
config FW_OHCI
tristate "Support for OHCI FireWire host controllers"
@@ -30,8 +32,12 @@ config FW_OHCI
on the OHCI specification. For all practical purposes, this
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 fw-ohci.
+ To compile this driver as a module, say M here: The module will be
+ called fw-ohci.
+
+ If you also build ohci1394 of the classic IEEE 1394 driver stack,
+ blacklist either ohci1394 or fw-ohci to let hotplug load the desired
+ driver.
config FW_SBP2
tristate "Support for storage devices (SBP-2 protocol driver)"
@@ -42,6 +48,13 @@ config FW_SBP2
harddisks and DVD drives, also some other FireWire devices
like scanners.
+ To compile this driver as a module, say M here: The module will be
+ called fw-sbp2.
+
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 fw-sbp2 to let hotplug load the desired
+ driver.
+