Documentation/networking/: Update Intel wired LAN driver documentation
Updates the documentation to the Intel wired LAN drivers.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Tested-by: Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@intel.com>
Tested-by: Phil Schmitt <phillip.j.schmitt@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/e1000e.txt b/Documentation/networking/e1000e.txt
index 97b5ba9..ad2d9f3 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/e1000e.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/e1000e.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-Linux* Driver for Intel(R) Network Connection
-=============================================
+Linux* Driver for Intel(R) Ethernet Network Connection
+======================================================
Intel Gigabit Linux driver.
-Copyright(c) 1999 - 2010 Intel Corporation.
+Copyright(c) 1999 - 2013 Intel Corporation.
Contents
========
@@ -259,13 +259,16 @@
- The maximum MTU setting for Jumbo Frames is 9216. This value coincides
with the maximum Jumbo Frames size of 9234 bytes.
- - Using Jumbo Frames at 10 or 100 Mbps is not supported and may result in
+ - Using Jumbo frames at 10 or 100 Mbps is not supported and may result in
poor performance or loss of link.
- Some adapters limit Jumbo Frames sized packets to a maximum of
4096 bytes and some adapters do not support Jumbo Frames.
- Ethtool
+ - Jumbo Frames cannot be configured on an 82579-based Network device, if
+ MACSec is enabled on the system.
+
+ ethtool
-------
The driver utilizes the ethtool interface for driver configuration and
diagnostics, as well as displaying statistical information. We
@@ -273,6 +276,9 @@
http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/software/network/ethtool/
+ NOTE: When validating enable/disable tests on some parts (82578, for example)
+ you need to add a few seconds between tests when working with ethtool.
+
Speed and Duplex
----------------
Speed and Duplex are configured through the ethtool* utility. For