torvalds/linux

What:        raw1394 (a.k.a. "Raw IEEE1394 I/O support" for FireWire)
Date:        May 2010 (scheduled), finally removed in kernel v2.6.37
Contact:    linux1394-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Description:
    /dev/raw1394 was a character device file that allowed low-level
    access to FireWire buses.  Its major drawbacks were its inability
    to implement sensible device security policies, and its low level
    of abstraction that required userspace clients to duplicate much
    of the kernel's ieee1394 core functionality.

    Replaced by /dev/fw*, i.e. the <linux/firewire-cdev.h> ABI of
    firewire-core.

Users:
    libraw1394 (works with firewire-cdev too, transparent to library ABI
    users)