Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932524AbWAJTyi (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:54:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932536AbWAJTyh (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:54:37 -0500 Received: from zproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.162.203]:63891 "EHLO zproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932524AbWAJTyg convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:54:36 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=rw/UI86ytD8i35vLGOzbZLUXoW5vePk20upJKbQsyq3cdUx4W7g60aX1Plx84UYFhYg/Z4vE42DFnUgWwu8HAfces0BZkJarqD9s9HWWqjn87bB7viv/s5FJ8gUUiAznv1eke2zZ2MZXVV1je8fYcEY9XJqCns1xXeXaKCnKzmM= Message-ID: <9a8748490601101154p1938d9b7mdec66b45806a021@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:54:34 +0100 From: Jesper Juhl To: Marcelo Tosatti Subject: Re: [PATCH] ne2k PCI/ISA documentation: improved cross-reference. Cc: "G.W. Haywood" , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20060109163501.GA7029@dmt.cnet> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: <9a8748490512290553g448d1e28w65dad834cd08e1a7@mail.gmail.com> <200512292149.55237.jesper.juhl@gmail.com> <20060109130655.GA4687@dmt.cnet> <20060109163501.GA7029@dmt.cnet> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2090 Lines: 52 On 1/9/06, Marcelo Tosatti 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 > > > > > > > > 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. -- Jesper Juhl Don't top-post http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/T/top-post.html Plain text mails only, please http://www.expita.com/nomime.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/