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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	This special-purpose interface has been superseded by libraw1394 +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)
Commit	Line	Data
66fa12c5 SR	1	What: dv1394 (a.k.a. "OHCI-DV I/O support" for FireWire)
	2	Date: May 2010 (scheduled), finally removed in kernel v2.6.37
	3	Contact: linux1394-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
	4	Description:
	5	/dev/dv1394/* were character device files, one for each FireWire
	6	controller and for NTSC and PAL respectively, from which DV data
	7	could be received by read() or transmitted by write(). A few
	8	ioctl()s allowed limited control.
	9	This special-purpose interface has been superseded by libraw1394 +
	10	libiec61883 which are functionally equivalent, support HDV, and
	11	transparently work on top of the newer firewire kernel drivers.
	12
	13	Users:
	14	ffmpeg/libavformat (if configured for DV1394)