netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: intel: remove dead links

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Date:	Tue, 5 Apr 2016 16:44:26 +0200
From:	Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
	Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@...el.com>,
	Carolyn Wyborny <carolyn.wyborny@...el.com>,
	Don Skidmore <donald.c.skidmore@...el.com>,
	Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>,
	John Ronciak <john.ronciak@...el.com>,
	Mitch Williams <mitch.a.williams@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: intel: remove dead links

[removing intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org as I have no interest in the
annoying "awaits moderator approval" emails]

On Tue,  5 Apr 2016 16:25:07 +0200, Jiri Benc wrote:
> The Kconfig for Intel NICs references two different URLs for the "Adapter
> & Driver ID Guide". Neither of those two links works. The current URL seems
> to be
> http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/network-and-i-o/ethernet-products/000005584.html
> but given it's apparently constantly changing, there's no point in having it
> in the help text.
> 
> Just keep a generic pointer to http://support.intel.com. Hopefully, this one
> will have a longer live. It still works, at least.
> 
> Futhermore, remove a link to "the latest Intel PRO/100 network driver for
> Linux", this has no place in the mainline kernel and the latest Linux driver
> it offers is from 2006, anyway.

The patch also applies to net. It's probably better to apply it there
than to net-next.

 Jiri