From f05e21b39f7dddcebab03ff329fef5783fea58d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:24:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] firewire: state userland requirements in Kconfig help

Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
---
 drivers/firewire/Kconfig | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firewire/Kconfig b/drivers/firewire/Kconfig
index 76f26710fc16..fa6d6abefd4d 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/firewire/Kconfig
@@ -16,8 +16,13 @@ config FIREWIRE
 	  enable the new stack.
 
 	  To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the module will be
-	  called firewire-core.  It functionally replaces ieee1394, raw1394,
-	  and video1394.
+	  called firewire-core.
+
+	  This module functionally replaces ieee1394, raw1394, and video1394.
+	  To access it from application programs, you generally need at least
+	  libraw1394 version 2.  IIDC/DCAM applications also need libdc1394
+	  version 2.  No libraries are required to access storage devices
+	  through the firewire-sbp2 driver.
 
 config FIREWIRE_OHCI
 	tristate "OHCI-1394 controllers"
-- 
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