[PATCH] Clarify help text of SKGE/SK98LIN/SKY2
Some users have commented that it is unclear which driver they should be
using for their Marvell/SysKonnect network adapter, and which ones
are/aren't interchangable.
This patch attempts to reduce the confusion.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index 626508a..6a6a084 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -2034,13 +2034,28 @@
It does not support the link failover and network management
features that "portable" vendor supplied sk98lin driver does.
+ This driver supports adapters based on the original Yukon chipset:
+ Marvell 88E8001, Belkin F5D5005, CNet GigaCard, DLink DGE-530T,
+ Linksys EG1032/EG1064, 3Com 3C940/3C940B, SysKonnect SK-9871/9872.
+
+ It does not support the newer Yukon2 chipset: a separate driver,
+ sky2, is provided for Yukon2-based adapters.
+
+ To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
+ will be called skge. This is recommended.
config SKY2
tristate "SysKonnect Yukon2 support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
select CRC32
---help---
- This driver support the Marvell Yukon 2 Gigabit Ethernet adapter.
+ This driver supports Gigabit Ethernet adapters based on the the
+ Marvell Yukon 2 chipset:
+ Marvell 88E8021/88E8022/88E8035/88E8036/88E8038/88E8050/88E8052/
+ 88E8053/88E8055/88E8061/88E8062, SysKonnect SK-9E21D/SK-9S21
+
+ This driver does not support the original Yukon chipset: a seperate
+ driver, skge, is provided for Yukon-based adapters.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
will be called sky2. This is recommended.
@@ -2050,8 +2065,15 @@
depends on PCI
---help---
Say Y here if you have a Marvell Yukon or SysKonnect SK-98xx/SK-95xx
- compliant Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. The following adapters are supported
- by this driver:
+ compliant Gigabit Ethernet Adapter.
+
+ This driver supports the original Yukon chipset. A cleaner driver is
+ also available (skge) which seems to work better than this one.
+
+ This driver does not support the newer Yukon2 chipset. A seperate
+ driver, sky2, is provided to support Yukon2-based adapters.
+
+ The following adapters are supported by this driver:
- 3Com 3C940 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter
- 3Com 3C941 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter
- Allied Telesyn AT-2970LX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter