From: "Richard Röjfors" <richard.rojfors.ext@mocean-labs•com>
To: Andreas Mohr <andi@lisas•de>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft•net>, netdev@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix Micrel KSZ8842 Kconfig description
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:36:49 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A8E78C1.20409@mocean-labs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090821102033.GA26577@rhlx01.hs-esslingen.de>
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 <andi@lisas•de>
>
> --- 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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-08-21 11:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-08-21 10:20 [PATCH] Fix Micrel KSZ8842 Kconfig description Andreas Mohr
2009-08-21 10:36 ` Richard Röjfors [this message]
2009-08-21 10:46 ` Andreas Mohr
2009-08-21 13:06 ` Richard Röjfors
2009-08-24 2:49 ` David Miller
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