[PATCH] Clarify help text of SKGE/SK98LIN/SKY2

Some users have commented that it is unclear which driver they should be
using for their Marvell/SysKonnect network adapter, and which ones
are/aren't interchangable.

This patch attempts to reduce the confusion.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index 626508afe1b1..6a6a08441804 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -2034,13 +2034,28 @@ config SKGE
           It does not support the link failover and network management 
           features that "portable" vendor supplied sk98lin driver does.
 
+          This driver supports adapters based on the original Yukon chipset:
+          Marvell 88E8001, Belkin F5D5005, CNet GigaCard, DLink DGE-530T,
+          Linksys EG1032/EG1064, 3Com 3C940/3C940B, SysKonnect SK-9871/9872.
+
+          It does not support the newer Yukon2 chipset: a separate driver,
+          sky2, is provided for Yukon2-based adapters.
+
+          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
+          will be called skge.  This is recommended.
 
 config SKY2
         tristate "SysKonnect Yukon2 support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
         depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
         select CRC32
         ---help---
-          This driver support the Marvell Yukon 2 Gigabit Ethernet adapter.
+          This driver supports Gigabit Ethernet adapters based on the the
+          Marvell Yukon 2 chipset:
+          Marvell 88E8021/88E8022/88E8035/88E8036/88E8038/88E8050/88E8052/
+          88E8053/88E8055/88E8061/88E8062, SysKonnect SK-9E21D/SK-9S21
+
+          This driver does not support the original Yukon chipset: a seperate
+          driver, skge, is provided for Yukon-based adapters.
 
           To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
           will be called sky2.  This is recommended.
@@ -2050,8 +2065,15 @@ config SK98LIN
         depends on PCI
         ---help---
           Say Y here if you have a Marvell Yukon or SysKonnect SK-98xx/SK-95xx
-          compliant Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. The following adapters are supported
-          by this driver:
+          compliant Gigabit Ethernet Adapter.
+
+          This driver supports the original Yukon chipset. A cleaner driver is 
+          also available (skge) which seems to work better than this one.
+
+          This driver does not support the newer Yukon2 chipset. A seperate
+          driver, sky2, is provided to support Yukon2-based adapters.
+
+          The following adapters are supported by this driver:
             - 3Com 3C940 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter
             - 3Com 3C941 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter
             - Allied Telesyn AT-2970LX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter