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1What: raw1394 (a.k.a. "Raw IEEE1394 I/O support" for FireWire)2Date: May 2010 (scheduled), finally removed in kernel v2.6.373Contact: linux1394-devel@lists.sourceforge.net4Description:5 /dev/raw1394 was a character device file that allowed low-level6 access to FireWire buses. Its major drawbacks were its inability7 to implement sensible device security policies, and its low level8 of abstraction that required userspace clients to duplicate much9 of the kernel's ieee1394 core functionality.10 11 Replaced by /dev/fw*, i.e. the <linux/firewire-cdev.h> ABI of12 firewire-core.13 14Users:15 libraw1394 (works with firewire-cdev too, transparent to library ABI16 users)17