ieee1394(7D)							      Devices							      ieee1394(7D)

NAME

       ieee1394, firewire, 1394 - 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/]s1394			| IEEE-1394 framework		|
       +--------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+
       |/kernel/misc/[sparcv9|amd64/]sbp2			| Serial Bus Protocol-2 (SBP-2) |
       +--------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+

       +--------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |		     TARGET DRIVER			|	 DEVICE CLASS	      |
       +--------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |/kernel/drv/[sparcv9|amd64/]s1394			| IEEE-1394 framework	      |
       +--------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |/kernel/drv/[sparcv9|amd64/]scsa1394			| mass storage class	      |
       +--------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |/kernel/drv/[sparcv9|amd64/]av1394			| camcorder (AV/C) class      |
       +--------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |/kernel/drv/[sparcv9|amd64/]dcam1394			| digital camera (IIDC) class |
       +--------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+

       +--------------------------------------------------------+----------+
       |	  HOST CONTROLLER INTERFACE DRIVER(S)		| DEVICE   |
       +--------------------------------------------------------+----------+
       |/kernel/drv/[sparcv9|amd64/]hci1394			| Open HCI |
       +--------------------------------------------------------+----------+

ATTRIBUTES

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

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Architecture		     |PCI-based systems 	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNW1394,  SUNW1394h,  SUN-  |
       |			     |Wav1394, SUNWscsa1394, SUN-  |
       |			     |Wsbp2, 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.

SunOS 5.11							  30 August 2005						      ieee1394(7D)