From: Ged Haywood <[email protected]>
Improved reference to PCI ne2k support in ISA ne2k documentation.
Signed-off-by: Ged Haywood <[email protected]>
---
Configure.help | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- linux-2.4.32/Documentation/Configure.help.original 2006-01-07 14:48:23.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.4.32/Documentation/Configure.help 2006-01-07 14:56:32.000000000 +0000
@@ -12778,7 +12778,8 @@
without a specific driver are compatible with NE2000.
If you have a PCI NE2000 card however, say N here and Y to "PCI
- NE2000 support", above. If you have a NE2000 card and are running on
+ NE2000 and clones support" under "EISA, VLB, PCI and on board
+ controllers" below. If you have a NE2000 card and are running on
an MCA system (a bus system used on some IBM PS/2 computers and
laptops), say N here and Y to "NE/2 (ne2000 MCA version) support",
below.
On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 03:11:40PM +0000, G.W. Haywood wrote:
> From: Ged Haywood <[email protected]>
>
> Improved reference to PCI ne2k support in ISA ne2k documentation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ged Haywood <[email protected]>
> ---
> Configure.help | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> --- linux-2.4.32/Documentation/Configure.help.original 2006-01-07 14:48:23.000000000 +0000
> +++ linux-2.4.32/Documentation/Configure.help 2006-01-07 14:56:32.000000000 +0000
> @@ -12778,7 +12778,8 @@
> without a specific driver are compatible with NE2000.
>
> If you have a PCI NE2000 card however, say N here and Y to "PCI
> - NE2000 support", above. If you have a NE2000 card and are running on
> + NE2000 and clones support" under "EISA, VLB, PCI and on board
> + controllers" below. If you have a NE2000 card and are running on
> an MCA system (a bus system used on some IBM PS/2 computers and
> laptops), say N here and Y to "NE/2 (ne2000 MCA version) support",
> below.
Hi Ged,
Appreciate your efforts but the v2.4 tree is under deep maintenance mode
with an acceptance criteria for critical bugfixes only.
Hi Marcelo,
On Mon, 9 Jan 2006, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 03:11:40PM +0000, G.W. Haywood wrote:
> > From: Ged Haywood <[email protected]>
> >
> > Improved reference to PCI ne2k support in ISA ne2k documentation.
> Appreciate your efforts but the v2.4 tree is under deep maintenance mode
Sorry, I didn't know. (And evidently several other people on the LKML
didn't know either... :) Does that mean that development is finished
on the 2.4 tree, or will it switch back to accepting patches at some
future time? There's quite a lot in the Documentation/ directory that
could be improved (as you probably know:).
73,
Ged.
On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 11:06:55AM -0200, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 03:11:40PM +0000, G.W. Haywood wrote:
> > From: Ged Haywood <[email protected]>
> >
> > Improved reference to PCI ne2k support in ISA ne2k documentation.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ged Haywood <[email protected]>
> > ---
> > Configure.help | 3 ++-
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > --- linux-2.4.32/Documentation/Configure.help.original 2006-01-07 14:48:23.000000000 +0000
> > +++ linux-2.4.32/Documentation/Configure.help 2006-01-07 14:56:32.000000000 +0000
> > @@ -12778,7 +12778,8 @@
> > without a specific driver are compatible with NE2000.
> >
> > If you have a PCI NE2000 card however, say N here and Y to "PCI
> > - NE2000 support", above. If you have a NE2000 card and are running on
> > + NE2000 and clones support" under "EISA, VLB, PCI and on board
> > + controllers" below. If you have a NE2000 card and are running on
> > an MCA system (a bus system used on some IBM PS/2 computers and
> > laptops), say N here and Y to "NE/2 (ne2000 MCA version) support",
> > below.
>
> Hi Ged,
>
> Appreciate your efforts but the v2.4 tree is under deep maintenance mode
> with an acceptance criteria for critical bugfixes only.
Wouldn't it make sense to make an exception from this rule for
documentation updates?
Documentation updates can't do much harm.
cu
Adrian
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On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 04:46:09PM +0000, G.W. Haywood wrote:
> Hi Marcelo,
>
> On Mon, 9 Jan 2006, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 03:11:40PM +0000, G.W. Haywood wrote:
> > > From: Ged Haywood <[email protected]>
> > >
> > > Improved reference to PCI ne2k support in ISA ne2k documentation.
>
> > Appreciate your efforts but the v2.4 tree is under deep maintenance mode
>
> Sorry, I didn't know. (And evidently several other people on the LKML
> didn't know either... :) Does that mean that development is finished
> on the 2.4 tree, or will it switch back to accepting patches at some
> future time?
Development is definately finished. The maintenance of the stable tree
at this point should be done to fix critical problems.
So, its accepting patches, but only for critical problems/real bugs.
> There's quite a lot in the Documentation/ directory that could be
> improved (as you probably know:).
Definately - the community has concentrated efforts on the v2.6 tree
for more than 3, 4 years.
linux-2.6.14/drivers/net/Kconfig has the exact same text:
If you have a PCI NE2000 card however, say N here and Y to "PCI
NE2000 support", above. If you have a NE2000 card and are running on
an MCA system (a bus system used on some IBM PS/2 computers and
laptops), say N here and Y to "NE/2 (ne2000 MCA version) support",
below.
Send a patch :)
On 1/9/06, Marcelo Tosatti <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 04:46:09PM +0000, G.W. Haywood wrote:
> > Hi Marcelo,
> >
> > On Mon, 9 Jan 2006, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 03:11:40PM +0000, G.W. Haywood wrote:
> > > > From: Ged Haywood <[email protected]>
> > > >
> > > > Improved reference to PCI ne2k support in ISA ne2k documentation.
> >
> > > Appreciate your efforts but the v2.4 tree is under deep maintenance mode
> >
> > Sorry, I didn't know. (And evidently several other people on the LKML
> > didn't know either... :) Does that mean that development is finished
> > on the 2.4 tree, or will it switch back to accepting patches at some
> > future time?
>
> Development is definately finished. The maintenance of the stable tree
> at this point should be done to fix critical problems.
>
> So, its accepting patches, but only for critical problems/real bugs.
>
> > There's quite a lot in the Documentation/ directory that could be
> > improved (as you probably know:).
>
> Definately - the community has concentrated efforts on the v2.6 tree
> for more than 3, 4 years.
>
> linux-2.6.14/drivers/net/Kconfig has the exact same text:
>
> If you have a PCI NE2000 card however, say N here and Y to "PCI
> NE2000 support", above. If you have a NE2000 card and are running on
> an MCA system (a bus system used on some IBM PS/2 computers and
> laptops), say N here and Y to "NE/2 (ne2000 MCA version) support",
> below.
>
> Send a patch :)
>
Mr. Haywood already did (to LKML).
I created a 2.6 version of his patch and he submitted it to LKML -
it's not been picked up yet though.
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On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 01:42:35PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 11:06:55AM -0200, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 03:11:40PM +0000, G.W. Haywood wrote:
> > > From: Ged Haywood <[email protected]>
> > >
> > > Improved reference to PCI ne2k support in ISA ne2k documentation.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Ged Haywood <[email protected]>
> > > ---
> > > Configure.help | 3 ++-
> > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > --- linux-2.4.32/Documentation/Configure.help.original 2006-01-07 14:48:23.000000000 +0000
> > > +++ linux-2.4.32/Documentation/Configure.help 2006-01-07 14:56:32.000000000 +0000
> > > @@ -12778,7 +12778,8 @@
> > > without a specific driver are compatible with NE2000.
> > >
> > > If you have a PCI NE2000 card however, say N here and Y to "PCI
> > > - NE2000 support", above. If you have a NE2000 card and are running on
> > > + NE2000 and clones support" under "EISA, VLB, PCI and on board
> > > + controllers" below. If you have a NE2000 card and are running on
> > > an MCA system (a bus system used on some IBM PS/2 computers and
> > > laptops), say N here and Y to "NE/2 (ne2000 MCA version) support",
> > > below.
> >
> > Hi Ged,
> >
> > Appreciate your efforts but the v2.4 tree is under deep maintenance mode
> > with an acceptance criteria for critical bugfixes only.
>
> Wouldn't it make sense to make an exception from this rule for
> documentation updates?
>
> Documentation updates can't do much harm.
Hi Adrian,
That would open precedence on "exceptions" - one could argue that
different classes of updates can't do much harm either.
The maintenance process should concentrate on problems which can affect
installations running legacy v2.4.
Another point in favour of restricting updates on the v2.4 tree are
external patches. There are a bunch of them being cultivated by the
community. For them, the less changes in mainline, the better.