Documentation/networking/: Update Intel wired LAN driver documentation

Updates the documentation to the Intel wired LAN drivers.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Tested-by: Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@intel.com>
Tested-by: Phil Schmitt <phillip.j.schmitt@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/e1000e.txt b/Documentation/networking/e1000e.txt
index 97b5ba942ebf..ad2d9f38ce14 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/e1000e.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/e1000e.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-Linux* Driver for Intel(R) Network Connection
-=============================================
+Linux* Driver for Intel(R) Ethernet Network Connection
+======================================================
 
 Intel Gigabit Linux driver.
-Copyright(c) 1999 - 2010 Intel Corporation.
+Copyright(c) 1999 - 2013 Intel Corporation.
 
 Contents
 ========
@@ -259,13 +259,16 @@ Additional Configurations
   - The maximum MTU setting for Jumbo Frames is 9216.  This value coincides
     with the maximum Jumbo Frames size of 9234 bytes.
 
-  - Using Jumbo Frames at 10 or 100 Mbps is not supported and may result in
+  - Using Jumbo frames at 10 or 100 Mbps is not supported and may result in
     poor performance or loss of link.
 
   - Some adapters limit Jumbo Frames sized packets to a maximum of
     4096 bytes and some adapters do not support Jumbo Frames.
 
-  Ethtool
+  - Jumbo Frames cannot be configured on an 82579-based Network device, if
+    MACSec is enabled on the system.
+
+  ethtool
   -------
   The driver utilizes the ethtool interface for driver configuration and
   diagnostics, as well as displaying statistical information.  We
@@ -273,6 +276,9 @@ Additional Configurations
 
   http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/software/network/ethtool/
 
+  NOTE: When validating enable/disable tests on some parts (82578, for example)
+  you need to add a few seconds between tests when working with ethtool.
+
   Speed and Duplex
   ----------------
   Speed and Duplex are configured through the ethtool* utility. For