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authorBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>2010-01-11 18:53:45 -0500
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2010-01-11 18:53:45 -0500
commitaa4e2e171385bb77b4da8b760d26dea2aa291587 (patch)
tree5f67c0b3fadac16db3a845ad5ab507d7acb89ba3 /Documentation
parenteb70df13ee52dbc0f2c0ffd8ed34a8cd27440baf (diff)
Documentation/3c509: document ethtool support
3c509 was changed to support ethtool in 2002, making the 'xcvr' module parameter obsolete in most cases. More recently 3c509 was converted to the modern driver model and this parameter was removed. Fix the documentation to refer to ethtool rather than the module parameter. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/3c509.txt12
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/3c509.txt b/Documentation/networking/3c509.txt
index 0643e3b7168c..3c45d5dcd63b 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/3c509.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/3c509.txt
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ for LILO parameters for doing this:
48This configures the first found 3c509 card for IRQ 10, base I/O 0x310, and 48This configures the first found 3c509 card for IRQ 10, base I/O 0x310, and
49transceiver type 3 (10base2). The flag "0x3c509" must be set to avoid conflicts 49transceiver type 3 (10base2). The flag "0x3c509" must be set to avoid conflicts
50with other card types when overriding the I/O address. When the driver is 50with other card types when overriding the I/O address. When the driver is
51loaded as a module, only the IRQ and transceiver setting may be overridden. 51loaded as a module, only the IRQ may be overridden. For example,
52For example, setting two cards to 10base2/IRQ10 and AUI/IRQ11 is done by using 52setting two cards to IRQ10 and IRQ11 is done by using the irq module
53the xcvr and irq module options: 53option:
54 54
55 options 3c509 xcvr=3,1 irq=10,11 55 options 3c509 irq=10,11
56 56
57 57
58(2) Full-duplex mode 58(2) Full-duplex mode
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ operation.
77itself full-duplex capable. This is almost certainly one of two things: a full- 77itself full-duplex capable. This is almost certainly one of two things: a full-
78duplex-capable Ethernet switch (*not* a hub), or a full-duplex-capable NIC on 78duplex-capable Ethernet switch (*not* a hub), or a full-duplex-capable NIC on
79another system that's connected directly to the 3c509B via a crossover cable. 79another system that's connected directly to the 3c509B via a crossover cable.
80
81Full-duplex mode can be enabled using 'ethtool'.
80 82
81/////Extremely important caution concerning full-duplex mode///// 83/////Extremely important caution concerning full-duplex mode/////
82Understand that the 3c509B's hardware's full-duplex support is much more 84Understand that the 3c509B's hardware's full-duplex support is much more
@@ -113,6 +115,8 @@ This insured that merely upgrading the driver from an earlier version would
113never automatically enable full-duplex mode in an existing installation; 115never automatically enable full-duplex mode in an existing installation;
114it must always be explicitly enabled via one of these code in order to be 116it must always be explicitly enabled via one of these code in order to be
115activated. 117activated.
118
119The transceiver type can be changed using 'ethtool'.
116 120
117 121
118(4a) Interpretation of error messages and common problems 122(4a) Interpretation of error messages and common problems