Linux System - Table 12 > Packages - Table 1 & 2 > libraw1394

\"libraw1394 is the only supported interface to the kernel side raw1394of the Linux IEEE-1394 subsystem, which provides direct access to theconnected 1394 buses to user space. Through libraw1394/raw1394,applications can directly send to and receive from other nodes withoutrequiring a kernel driver for the protocol in question. The reason formaking a library the interface to the kernel is to avoid a programdependancy on the kernel version, which would hinder development andoptimization of ra\"