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| author | Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> | 2015-06-21 23:28:02 +0300 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2015-06-23 16:50:35 +0300 |
| commit | 138b15ed877eff8149ae32c12fa1f4795c9cb4cf (patch) | |
| tree | 55aded9ec2d7671ce08d5efdff11e3b4afca6b9e /drivers/net/ethernet/smsc | |
| parent | 69ae2f7acc05e9eb4a451e2728845e768586ddad (diff) | |
| download | linux-138b15ed877eff8149ae32c12fa1f4795c9cb4cf.tar.xz | |
drivers/net: remove all references to obsolete Ethernet-HOWTO
This howto made sense in the 1990s when users had to manually configure
ISA cards with jumpers or vendor utilities, but with the implementation
of PCI it became increasingly less and less relevant, to the point where
it has been well over a decade since I last updated it. And there is
no value in anyone else taking over updating it either.
However the references to it continue to spread as boiler plate text
from one Kconfig file into the next. We are not doing end users any
favours by pointing them at this old document, so lets kill it with
fire, once and for all, to hopefully stop any further spread.
No code is changed in this commit, just Kconfig help text.
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet/smsc')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/Kconfig | 18 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/Kconfig index 3e97a8b43147..eb9230e2092f 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/Kconfig @@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ config NET_VENDOR_SMSC ISA || M32R || MAC || MIPS || MN10300 || NIOS2 || PCI || \ PCMCIA || SUPERH || XTENSA ---help--- - If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, say Y - and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from - <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. + If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, say Y. Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all @@ -29,8 +27,7 @@ config SMC9194 option if you have a DELL laptop with the docking station, or another SMC9192/9194 based chipset. Say Y if you want it compiled into the kernel, and read the file - <file:Documentation/networking/smc9.txt> and the Ethernet-HOWTO, - available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. + <file:Documentation/networking/smc9.txt>. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called smc9194. @@ -46,8 +43,7 @@ config SMC91X This is a driver for SMC's 91x series of Ethernet chipsets, including the SMC91C94 and the SMC91C111. Say Y if you want it compiled into the kernel, and read the file - <file:Documentation/networking/smc9.txt> and the Ethernet-HOWTO, - available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. + <file:Documentation/networking/smc9.txt>. This driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). @@ -85,9 +81,7 @@ config SMC911X ---help--- This is a driver for SMSC's LAN911x series of Ethernet chipsets including the new LAN9115, LAN9116, LAN9117, and LAN9118. - Say Y if you want it compiled into the kernel, - and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from - <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. + Say Y here if you want it compiled into the kernel. This driver is also available as a module. The module will be called smc911x. If you want to compile it as a module, say M @@ -122,9 +116,7 @@ config SMSC9420 select SMSC_PHY ---help--- This is a driver for SMSC's LAN9420 PCI ethernet adapter. - Say Y if you want it compiled into the kernel, - and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from - <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. + Say Y here if you want it compiled into the kernel. This driver is also available as a module. The module will be called smsc9420. If you want to compile it as a module, say M |