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PATCH New Dag Wieers 1 participant 1 message Jan 7, 2001 Networking

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PATCH 1/1 Mostly documentation fixes

net/eepro.c renamed from net/eepro.c.orig +1 -1
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@
 allowing up to 8K worth of packets to be queued.
 
 The sizes of the receive and transmit buffers can now be changed via lilo
-or insmod.  Lilo uses the appended line "ether=io,irq,debug,rx-buffer,eth0"
+or insmod.  Lilo uses the appended line "ether=irq,io,debug,rx-buffer,eth0"
 where rx-buffer is in KB unit.  Modules uses the parameter mem which is
 also in KB unit, for example "insmod io=io-address irq=0 mem=rx-buffer."
 The receive buffer has to be more than 3K or less than 29K.  Otherwise,
kernel-parameters.txt renamed from kernel-parameters.txt.orig +1 -1
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
 
 	es1371=		[HW,SOUND]
 
-	ether=		[HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters (iomem, irq,
+	ether=		[HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters (irq, iomem,
 			dev_name).
 
 	fd_mcs=		[HW,SCSI]
MAINTAINERS renamed from MAINTAINERS.orig +2 -2
@@ -906,8 +906,8 @@
 S:	Maintained
 
 OLYMPIC NETWORK DRIVER
-P:	Peter De Shrijver
-M:	[email protected]
+P:	Peter De Schrijver
+M:	[email protected]
 P:	Mike Phillips
 M:	[email protected]
 L:	[email protected]
Configure.help renamed from Configure.help.orig +10 -10
@@ -1655,12 +1655,12 @@
 CONFIG_SGI_SN0_N_MODE
   The nodes of Origin 200, Origin 2000 and Onyx 2 systems can be
   configured in either N-Modes which allows for more nodes or M-Mode
-  which allows for more more memory.  Your system is most probably
+  which allows for more memory.  Your system is most probably
   running in M-Mode, so you should say N here.
 
 MIPS JAZZ onboard SONIC Ethernet support
 CONFIG_MIPS_JAZZ_SONIC
-  This is the driver for the onboard card of of MIPS Magnum 4000,
+  This is the driver for the onboard card of MIPS Magnum 4000,
   Acer PICA, Olivetti M700-10 and a few other identical OEM systems.
 
 MIPS JAZZ FAS216 SCSI support
@@ -2011,7 +2011,7 @@
 CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MARK
   This option adds a `MARK' target, which allows you to create rules
   in the `mangle' table which alter the netfilter mark (nfmark) field
-  associated with the packet packet prior to routing. This can change
+  associated with the packet prior to routing. This can change
   the routing method (see `IP: use netfilter MARK value as routing
   key') and can also be used by other subsystems to change their
   behavior.
@@ -9529,7 +9529,7 @@
 
   This driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be
   inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
-  The module will will be called olympic.o. If you want to compile it
+  The module will be called olympic.o. If you want to compile it
   as a module, say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt.
 
   Also read the file Documentation/networking/olympic.txt or check the
@@ -9569,7 +9569,7 @@
 
   This driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be
   inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
-  The module will will be called tms380tr.o. If you want to compile it
+  The module will be called tms380tr.o. If you want to compile it
   as a module, say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt.
 
 Generic TMS380 PCI support
@@ -9584,7 +9584,7 @@
 
   This driver is available as a module ( = code which can be
   inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
-  The module will will be called tmspci.o. If you want to compile it
+  The module will be called tmspci.o. If you want to compile it
   as a module, say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt.
 
 Madge Smart 16/4 PCI Mk2 support
@@ -9594,7 +9594,7 @@
 
   This driver is available as a module ( = code which can be
   inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
-  The module will will be called abyss.o. If you want to compile it
+  The module will be called abyss.o. If you want to compile it
   as a module, say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt.
 
 Madge Smart 16/4 Ringode MicroChannel
@@ -9604,7 +9604,7 @@
 
   This driver is available as a module ( = code which can be
   inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
-  The module will will be called madgemc.o. If you want to compile it
+  The module will be called madgemc.o. If you want to compile it
   as a module, say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt.
 
 SMC ISA TokenRing adapter support
@@ -9620,7 +9620,7 @@
 
   This driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be
   inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
-  The module will will be called smctr.o. If you want to compile it
+  The module will be called smctr.o. If you want to compile it
   as a module, say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt.
 
 Sun Happy Meal 10/100baseT support
@@ -14591,7 +14591,7 @@
 
 SC-6600 CDROM Interface
 CONFIG_SC6600_CDROM
-  This is used to activate the the CDROM interface of the Audio Excel
+  This is used to activate the CDROM interface of the Audio Excel
   DSP 16 card. Enter: 0 for Sony, 1 for Panasonic, 2 for IDE, 4 for no
   CDROM present.
 
modules.txt renamed from modules.txt.orig +33 -0
@@ -137,6 +137,39 @@
 since umsdos runs piggyback on msdos.
 
 
+Using modinfo:
+--------------
+
+Sometimes you need to know what parameters are accepted by a
+module or you've found a bug and want to contact the maintainer.
+Then modinfo comes in very handy.
+
+Every module (normally) contains the author/maintainer,
+a description and a list of parameters.
+
+For example "modinfo -a eepro100" will return:
+
+	Maintainer: Andrey V. Savochkin <[email protected]>
+
+and "modinfo -d eepro100" will return a description:
+
+	Intel i82557/i82558 PCI EtherExpressPro driver
+
+and more important "modinfo -p eepro100" will return this list:
+
+	debug int
+	options int array (min = 1, max = 8)
+	full_duplex int array (min = 1, max = 8)
+	congenb int
+	txfifo int
+	rxfifo int
+	txdmacount int
+	rxdmacount int
+	rx_copybreak int
+	max_interrupt_work int
+	multicast_filter_limit int
+
+
 The "ultimate" utility:
 -----------------------
 
DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl renamed from DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl.orig +1 -1
@@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@
      You may well want to make your CONFIG option only visible if
      <symbol>CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL</symbol> is enabled: this serves as a
      warning to users.  There many other fancy things you can do: see
-     the the various <filename>Config.in</filename> files for ideas.
+     the various <filename>Config.in</filename> files for ideas.
     </para>
    </listitem>
 
DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl renamed from DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl.orig +1 -1
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@
        <function>spin_lock()</function> and
        <function>spin_unlock()</function> calls.
        <function>spin_lock_bh()</function> is
-       unnecessary here, as you are already in a a tasklet, and
+       unnecessary here, as you are already in a tasklet, and
        none will be run on the same CPU.
      </para>
     </sect2>

-- dag wieers, <[email protected]>, http://mind.be/ --
Out of swap, out of luck.

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