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Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:50:15 +0000 From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com> To: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> CC: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com> Subject: [PATCH net-next 23/32] sfc: Update the description of SFC_MTD SFC4000 boards also have an EEPROM exposed as MTD. The boot configuration is accessed through MTD. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com> --- 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. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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