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Date:	Fri, 23 Aug 2013 17:09:40 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com,
	sassmann@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [net-next 1/2] Documentation/networking/: Update Intel wired
 LAN driver documentation

On Fri, 2013-08-23 at 13:53 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Fri, 2013-08-23 at 05:29 -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> > Updates the documentation to the Intel wired LAN drivers.
> 
> Except e100.txt which seems to be moving backward in time:
> 
> [...]
> > --- a/Documentation/networking/e100.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/networking/e100.txt
> > @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
> >  Linux* Base Driver for the Intel(R) PRO/100 Family of Adapters
> >  ==============================================================
> >  
> > -November 15, 2005
> > +March 15, 2011
> >  
> >  Contents
> >  ========
> > @@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ Additional Configurations
> >  
> >    Configuring a network driver to load properly when the system is started is
> >    distribution dependent. Typically, the configuration process involves adding
> > -  an alias line to /etc/modprobe.d/*.conf as well as editing other system
> > -  startup scripts and/or configuration files.  Many popular Linux
> > +  an alias line to /etc/modules.conf or /etc/modprobe.conf as well as editing
> 
> Reverting this fix:
> 
> commit 970e2486492aa1eb47a436a5a4c81e92558986a9
> Author: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@...fusion.mobi>
> Date:   Fri Mar 30 13:37:16 2012 -0700
> 
>     Documentation: remove references to /etc/modprobe.conf
> 
> [...]
> >    Enabling Wake on LAN* (WoL)
> >    ---------------------------
> > -  WoL is provided through the ethtool* utility.  For instructions on enabling
> > -  WoL with ethtool, refer to the ethtool man page.
> > +  WoL is provided through the ethtool* utility. The ethtool utility is included
> > +  with Red Hat* 8.0. For other Linux distributions, download and install
> [...]
> 
> And part of this one:
> 
> commit 68f20d948c86bd6bbc075052f6b6c45b8f56957e
> Author: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
> Date:   Fri Dec 17 12:14:34 2010 +0000
> 
>     Documentation/networking: Update Intel Wired LAN docs
> 
> Mentioning a 2002 distribution is completely pointless.
> 
> Ben.
> 

Thanks Ben, I will drop all the e100.txt changes at this point.  The
driver has little to no changes in the last couple of years, so the
documentation should not be changing.

I will re-spin with a v2.

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