[PATCH] detailled bcm help-2.4.25

[PATCH] detailled bcm help-2.4.25

[Xose Vazquez Perez]

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aginst 2.4.25

This patch adds more realistic information about bcm NICs.
People only know the commercial names and not about chips names.

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x86-64 GenuineIntel


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--- linux-2.4.25/Documentation/Configure.help	2004-02-05 23:00:09.000000000 +0100
+++ n/Documentation/Configure.help	2004-02-23 14:28:05.000000000 +0100
@@ -11859,7 +11859,7 @@
 
 Broadcom Tigon3 support
 CONFIG_TIGON3
-  This driver supports Broadcom Tigon3 based gigabit Ethernet cards.
+  This driver supports Broadcom NetXtreme BCM570X based gigabit Ethernet cards.
 
   If you want to compile this driver as a module ( = code which can be
   inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
@@ -12348,9 +12348,7 @@
 
 Broadcom 4400 ethernet support (EXPERIMENTAL)
 CONFIG_B44
-  If you have a network (Ethernet) controller of this type, say Y and
-  read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
-  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
+  This driver supports Broadcom BCM440X based 10/100 Ethernet cards.
 
   If you want to compile this as a module ( = code which can be
   inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),

Re: [PATCH] detailled bcm help-2.4.25

[David S. Miller]

On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 14:31:22 +0100
Xose Vazquez Perez <xose@wanadoo.es> wrote:

> aginst 2.4.25
> 
> This patch adds more realistic information about bcm NICs.
> People only know the commercial names and not about chips names.

Please leave the tigon3, and say something like "tigon3 chips, also
commonly known as NetXtreme..." but even that is garbage because
3com and Alteon call the 57xx based products something else too.

This is why I really hate changes like this :)