1394 problem on debian

debian default kernel (at least 2.6+) support 1394 already. no need to recompile it. however, before use any 1394 device, apt-get source libraw1394 and make dev is needed to created /dev/raw1394. otherwise, it does not work (maybe need to chmod 666 /dev/raw1394).
for complete info about 1394 on linux, refer to http://www.linux1394.org