From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ben Hutchings Subject: [PATCH net-next 23/32] sfc: Update the description of SFC_MTD Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:50:15 +0000 Message-ID: <1327697415.2503.30.camel@bwh-desktop> References: <1327696858.2503.7.camel@bwh-desktop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: , To: David Miller Return-path: Received: from exchange.solarflare.com ([216.237.3.220]:63749 "EHLO ocex02.SolarFlarecom.com" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751824Ab2A0UuS (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:50:18 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1327696858.2503.7.camel@bwh-desktop> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: SFC4000 boards also have an EEPROM exposed as MTD. The boot configuration is accessed through MTD. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/Kconfig | 6 +++--- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/Kconfig index ae40b66..8d42354 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/Kconfig @@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ config SFC_MTD depends on SFC && MTD && !(SFC=y && MTD=m) default y ---help--- - This exposes the on-board flash memory as MTD devices (e.g. - /dev/mtd1). This makes it possible to upload new firmware - to the NIC. + This exposes the on-board flash and/or EEPROM as MTD devices + (e.g. /dev/mtd1). This is required to update the firmware or + the boot configuration under Linux. config SFC_MCDI_MON bool "Solarflare SFC9000-family hwmon support" depends on SFC && HWMON && !(SFC=y && HWMON=m) -- 1.7.7.5 -- Ben Hutchings, Staff Engineer, Solarflare Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job. They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked.