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Commit 138b15ed authored by Paul Gortmaker's avatar Paul Gortmaker Committed by David S. Miller
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drivers/net: remove all references to obsolete Ethernet-HOWTO 



This howto made sense in the 1990s when users had to manually configure
ISA cards with jumpers or vendor utilities, but with the implementation
of PCI it became increasingly less and less relevant, to the point where
it has been well over a decade since I last updated it.  And there is
no value in anyone else taking over updating it either.

However the references to it continue to spread as boiler plate text
from one Kconfig file into the next.  We are not doing end users any
favours by pointing them at this old document, so lets kill it with
fire, once and for all, to hopefully stop any further spread.

No code is changed in this commit, just Kconfig help text.

Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent 69ae2f7a

drivers/net/arcnet/Kconfig

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@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ menuconfig ARCNET 
	  COM90xx type card, so say Y (or M) to "ARCnet COM90xx chipset

	  support" below.



	  You might also want to have a look at the Ethernet-HOWTO, available

	  from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>(even though ARCnet

	  is not really Ethernet).



	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will

	  be called arcnet.

drivers/net/ethernet/3com/Kconfig

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@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@ config NET_VENDOR_3COM 
	default y

	depends on ISA || EISA || PCI || PCMCIA

	---help---

	  If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, say Y

	  and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from

	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.

	  If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, say Y.



	  Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the

	  kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
@@ -23,8 +21,7 @@ config EL3 
	depends on (ISA || EISA)

	---help---

	  If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to the 3Com

	  EtherLinkIII series, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available

	  from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.

	  EtherLinkIII series, say Y here.



	  If your card is not working you may need to use the DOS

	  setup disk to disable Plug & Play mode, and to select the default
@@ -38,8 +35,7 @@ config 3C515 
	depends on ISA && ISA_DMA_API

	---help---

	  If you have a 3Com ISA EtherLink XL "Corkscrew" 3c515 Fast Ethernet

	  network card, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from

	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.

	  network card, say Y here.



	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module

	  will be called 3c515.
@@ -78,9 +74,7 @@ config VORTEX 
	  "Tornado"   (3c905)                                  PCI

	  "Hurricane" (3c555/3cSOHO)                           PCI



	  If you have such a card, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO,

	  available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. More

	  specific information is in

	  If you have such a card, say Y here.  More specific information is in

	  <file:Documentation/networking/vortex.txt> and in the comments at

	  the beginning of <file:drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c59x.c>.
@@ -97,9 +91,7 @@ config TYPHOON 
	  3CR990SVR, 3CR990SVR95, 3CR990SVR97, 3CR990-FX-95 Server,

	  3CR990-FX-97 Server, 3C990B-TX-M, 3C990BSVR



	  If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read

	  the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from

	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.

	  If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y here.



	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module

	  will be called typhoon.

drivers/net/ethernet/8390/Kconfig

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@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@ config NET_VENDOR_8390 
	default y

	depends on NET_VENDOR_NATSEMI

	---help---

	  If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, say Y

	  and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from

	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.

	  If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, say Y.



	  Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the

	  kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
@@ -71,9 +69,7 @@ config MAC8390 
	select CRC32

	---help---

	  If you want to include a driver to support Nubus or LC-PDS

	  Ethernet cards using an NS8390 chipset or its equivalent, say Y

	  and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from

	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.

	  Ethernet cards using an NS8390 chipset or its equivalent, say Y.



config MCF8390

	tristate "ColdFire NS8390 based Ethernet support"
@@ -95,10 +91,9 @@ config NE2000 
		    ATARI_ETHERNEC)

	select CRC32

	---help---

	  If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read

	  the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from

	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.  Many Ethernet cards

	  without a specific driver are compatible with NE2000.

	  If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y here.

	  Many Ethernet cards without a specific driver are compatible with

	  the NE2000.



	  If you have a PCI NE2000 card however, say N here and Y to "PCI

	  NE2000 and clone support" below.
@@ -114,8 +109,7 @@ config NE2K_PCI 
	  This driver is for NE2000 compatible PCI cards. It will not work

	  with ISA NE2000 cards (they have their own driver, "NE2000/NE1000

	  support" below). If you have a PCI NE2000 network (Ethernet) card,

	  say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from

	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.

	  say Y here.



	  This driver also works for the following NE2000 clone cards:

	  RealTek RTL-8029  Winbond 89C940  Compex RL2000  KTI ET32P2
@@ -164,9 +158,7 @@ config ULTRA 
	depends on ISA

	select CRC32

	---help---

	  If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read

	  the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from

	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.

	  If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y here.



	  Important: There have been many reports that, with some motherboards

	  mixing an SMC Ultra and an Adaptec AHA154x SCSI card (or compatible,
@@ -183,9 +175,7 @@ config WD80x3 
	depends on ISA

	select CRC32

	---help---

	  If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read

	  the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from

	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.

	  If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y here.



	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module

	  will be called wd.

drivers/net/ethernet/adaptec/Kconfig

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@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@ config NET_VENDOR_ADAPTEC 
	default y

	depends on PCI

	---help---

	  If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, say Y

	  and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from

	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.

	  If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, say Y.



	  Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the

	  kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all

drivers/net/ethernet/adi/Kconfig

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@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ config NET_BFIN 
	depends on BF516 || BF518 || BF526 || BF527 || BF536 || BF537

	---help---

	  If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, say Y.

	  Make sure you know the name of your card. Read the Ethernet-HOWTO,

	  available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.



	  If unsure, say Y.