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[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>
Daniel Drake 19 years ago
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      drivers/net/Kconfig

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drivers/net/Kconfig

@@ -2034,13 +2034,28 @@ config SKGE
 	  It does not support the link failover and network management 
 	  It does not support the link failover and network management 
 	  features that "portable" vendor supplied sk98lin driver does.
 	  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
 config SKY2
 	tristate "SysKonnect Yukon2 support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
 	tristate "SysKonnect Yukon2 support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
 	depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
 	depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
 	select CRC32
 	select CRC32
 	---help---
 	---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
 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
 	  will be called sky2.  This is recommended.
 	  will be called sky2.  This is recommended.
@@ -2050,8 +2065,15 @@ config SK98LIN
 	depends on PCI
 	depends on PCI
 	---help---
 	---help---
 	  Say Y here if you have a Marvell Yukon or SysKonnect SK-98xx/SK-95xx
 	  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 3C940 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter
 	    - 3Com 3C941 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter
 	    - 3Com 3C941 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter
 	    - Allied Telesyn AT-2970LX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
 	    - Allied Telesyn AT-2970LX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter