1*66fa12c5SStefan RichterWhat: raw1394 (a.k.a. "Raw IEEE1394 I/O support" for FireWire) 2*66fa12c5SStefan RichterDate: May 2010 (scheduled), finally removed in kernel v2.6.37 3*66fa12c5SStefan RichterContact: linux1394-devel@lists.sourceforge.net 4*66fa12c5SStefan RichterDescription: 5*66fa12c5SStefan Richter /dev/raw1394 was a character device file that allowed low-level 6*66fa12c5SStefan Richter access to FireWire buses. Its major drawbacks were its inability 7*66fa12c5SStefan Richter to implement sensible device security policies, and its low level 8*66fa12c5SStefan Richter of abstraction that required userspace clients do duplicate much 9*66fa12c5SStefan Richter of the kernel's ieee1394 core functionality. 10*66fa12c5SStefan Richter Replaced by /dev/fw*, i.e. the <linux/firewire-cdev.h> ABI of 11*66fa12c5SStefan Richter firewire-core. 12*66fa12c5SStefan Richter 13*66fa12c5SStefan RichterUsers: 14*66fa12c5SStefan Richter libraw1394 (works with firewire-cdev too, transparent to library ABI 15*66fa12c5SStefan Richter users) 16