diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/firewire.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/firewire.rst index 31f0b292bb75..94a2d7f01d99 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/firewire.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/firewire.rst @@ -5,17 +5,32 @@ Firewire (IEEE 1394) driver Interface Guide Introduction and Overview ========================= -TBD +The Linux FireWire subsystem adds some interfaces into the Linux system to + use/maintain+any resource on IEEE 1394 bus. + +The main purpose of these interfaces is to access address space on each node +on IEEE 1394 bus by ISO/IEC 13213 (IEEE 1212) procedure, and to control +isochronous resources on the bus by IEEE 1394 procedure. + +Two types of interfaces are added, according to consumers of the interface. A +set of userspace interfaces is available via `firewire character devices`. A set +of kernel interfaces is available via exported symbols in `firewire-core` module. Firewire char device data structures ==================================== +.. include:: /ABI/stable/firewire-cdev + :literal: + .. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/firewire-cdev.h :internal: Firewire device probing and sysfs interfaces ============================================ +.. include:: /ABI/stable/sysfs-bus-firewire + :literal: + .. kernel-doc:: drivers/firewire/core-device.c :export: