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1What: video1394 (a.k.a. "OHCI-1394 Video support" for FireWire)2Date: May 2010 (scheduled), finally removed in kernel v2.6.373Contact: linux1394-devel@lists.sourceforge.net4Description:5 /dev/video1394/* were character device files, one for each FireWire6 controller, which were used for isochronous I/O. It was added as an7 alternative to raw1394's isochronous I/O functionality which had8 performance issues in its first generation. Any video1394 user had9 to use raw1394 + libraw1394 too because video1394 did not provide10 asynchronous I/O for device discovery and configuration.11 12 Replaced by /dev/fw*, i.e. the <linux/firewire-cdev.h> ABI of13 firewire-core.14 15Users:16 libdc1394 (works with firewire-cdev too, transparent to library ABI17 users)18