2001-02-11 03:01:22

by Dave Jones

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Subject: [PATCH] Obsolete info in configure.help


Hi Alan,
If the 8129 is to be removed, may as well remove its appropriate
entry in configure.help

regards,

Dave.

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diff -urN --exclude-from=/home/davej/.exclude linux/Documentation/Configure.help linux-dj/Documentation/Configure.help
--- linux/Documentation/Configure.help Sat Feb 10 02:49:29 2001
+++ linux-dj/Documentation/Configure.help Sat Feb 10 03:06:08 2001
@@ -8678,22 +8678,6 @@
The module will be called ni65.o. If you want to compile it as a
module, say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt as well as
Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt.
-
-RealTek 8129 (not 8019/8029/8139!) support (EXPERIMENTAL)
-CONFIG_RTL8129
- This is NOT for RTL-8139 cards. Instead, select the 8139too driver
- (CONFIG_8139TOO).
- This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on
- the RTL8129 chip. If you have one of those, say Y and
- read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
- http://www.linuxdoc.org/docs.html#howto .
-
- Note: the 8029 is a NE2000 PCI clone, you can use the NE2K-PCI driver.
-
- If you want to compile this driver as a module ( = code which can be
- inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
- say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt. This is recommended.
- The module will be called rtl8129.o.

RealTek RTL-8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support
CONFIG_8139TOO