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ieee1394

Section: Devices (7D)
Updated: 30 August 2005
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NAME

ieee1394, firewire - Solaris IEEE-1394 Architecture  

DESCRIPTION

IEEE-1394 provides a means for interconnecting devices in computer and home entertainment systems. (The IEEE-1394 architecture is also known as Firewire, an Apple Computer trademark, and i.Link, a Sony trademark). The most common IEEE-1394 devices are digital camcorders, mass-storage devices and cameras (including webcam-type devices). For more information on USB, refer to the 1394 Trade Association website at http://www.1394ta.org.

The Solaris IEEE-1394 architecture supports up to 63 hot-pluggable IEEE-1394 devices per IEEE-1394 bus. The maximum data transfer rate is 400 Mbits, depending on the capabilities of the attached device.

The Solaris IEEE-1394 architecture supports devices implementing a number of different specifications. The basic behavior of the IEEE-1394 bus is described in the IEEE 1394-1995 and IEEE 1394a-2000 specifications.

IEEE-1394 host controllers implementing the 1394 Open Host Controller Interface specification are supported. Camcorders implementing the IEC 61883 and 1394 Trade Association AV/C specifications are supported. Mass-storage devices implementing the ANSI SBP-2 specification are supported. Digital cameras implementing the 1394 Trade Association 1394-based Digital Camera (IIDC) specification are supported.  

FILES

Listed below are drivers and modules which either utilize or are utilized by the Solaris IEEE-1394 architecture. Drivers in /kernel/drv are 32 bit drivers (only). Drivers in /kernel/drv/sparcv9 or /kernel/drv/amd64 are 64 bit drivers.

SUPPORT MODULE(S)FUNCTION
/kernel/misc/[sparcv9|amd64/]s1394IEEE-1394 framework
/kernel/misc/[sparcv9|amd64/]sbp2 Serial Bus Protocol-2 (SBP-2)

TARGET DRIVERDEVICE CLASS
/kernel/drv/[sparcv9|amd64/]s1394IEEE-1394 framework
/kernel/drv/[sparcv9|amd64/]scsa1394 mass storage class
/kernel/drv/[sparcv9|amd64/]av1394camcorder (AV/C) class
/kernel/drv/[sparcv9|amd64/]dcam1394 digital camera (IIDC) class

HOST CONTROLLER INTERFACE DRIVER(S)DEVICE
/kernel/drv/[sparcv9|amd64/]hci1394Open HCI

 

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
ArchitecturePCI-based systems
Availability SUNW1394, SUNW1394h, SUNWav1394, SUNWscsa1394, SUNWsbp2, SUNWfwdc, SUNWfwdcu

 

SEE ALSO

attributes(5), av1394(7D), dcam1394(7D), hci1394(7D), scsa1394(7D)

http://www.sun.com/io

IEEE 1394a Specification - 1394 Trade Association, 2000

IEEE 1394 Specification - 1394 Trade Association, 1995  

NOTES

Booting from IEEE-1394 mass-storage devices is not supported, but may be possible if supported by the BIOS of the computer system.


 

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NAME
DESCRIPTION
FILES
ATTRIBUTES
SEE ALSO
NOTES

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