2001-03-26 06:26:11

by Jeff Garzik

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Subject: Re: CML1 cleanup patch

Peter Samuelson wrote:
>
> [esr]
> > CONFIG_8139TOO CONFIG_RTL8139TOO
> > CONFIG_8139TOO_PIO CONFIG_RTL8139TOO_PIO
> > CONFIG_8139TOO_TUNE_TWISTER CONFIG_RTL8139TOO_TUNE_TWISTER
>
> The -TOO suffix was to distinguish between this and the former 8139
> driver, as the two coexisted in 2.2 and 2.3. As the old driver has
> been dropped from 2.4, I propose likewise dropping the -TOO.

It stays "8139too". Donald Becker's rtl8139.c continues to exist
outside the kernel.

And "rtl8139too" should have never crept into 2.2. That needs to be
changed to "8139too." That's what I get for saying that I don't support
2.2...

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