[Bug 6290] Re: use /dev/video1394, not /dev/raw1394

[Stefan Richter]

As I understood it, address based filtering could/would have been done
with the multiple files approach too. However the capabilities based
approach sounds really good. AFAICS it achieves basically the same in a
simpler way. Simpler = more secure.

I think the multi-file approach would allow to enable certain access
only if well-known unit directories are present. But this could also be
done via the capabilities based approach. It would add complexity either
way; maybe actually less so if done in-kernel. However, such features
could be considered later. If I look at our current track record of IEEE
1394 kernel driver maintenance, simplicity is what we need in a
solution, first and foremost.

(Note, I am not familiar with a lot of IEEE 1394 applications nor with
Linux Capabilities.)

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use /dev/video1394, not /dev/raw1394
https://launchpad.net/bugs/6290