From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Richard_R=F6jfors?= Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix Micrel KSZ8842 Kconfig description Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:36:49 +0200 Message-ID: <4A8E78C1.20409@mocean-labs.com> References: <20090821102033.GA26577@rhlx01.hs-esslingen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: David Miller , netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Andreas Mohr Return-path: Received: from av7-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net ([81.228.9.181]:33562 "EHLO av7-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754582AbZHULIa (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:08:30 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20090821102033.GA26577@rhlx01.hs-esslingen.de> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Andreas Mohr wrote: > Hi, > > when doing a "make oldconfig" recently, non-descriptive item "Micrel KSZ8842" > came up, and when I hit "?" to get more info, all I got was a tight-lipped > "This platform driver is for Micrel KSZ8842 chip.". I see your pain > > Thanks, > > Andreas Mohr > > Signed-off-by: Andreas Mohr > > --- linux-2.6.31-rc6/drivers/net/Kconfig.orig 2009-08-21 12:00:31.000000000 +0200 > +++ linux-2.6.31-rc6/drivers/net/Kconfig 2009-08-21 12:09:13.000000000 +0200 > @@ -1727,7 +1727,8 @@ config KS8842 > tristate "Micrel KSZ8842" > depends on HAS_IOMEM > help > - This platform driver is for Micrel KSZ8842 chip. > + This platform driver is for Micrel KSZ8842 / KS8842 > + 2-port ethernet switch chip (managed, VLAN, QoS, PCI-based). Remove "PCI-based" This is a platform device, it is not PCI based. The KS8842 can sit behind PCI, ISA or VLB, this driver basically supports the ISA mappings. --Richard