--- drivers/net/eepro.c.orig Sun Jan 7 04:34:40 2001
+++ drivers/net/eepro.c Sun Jan 7 04:35:22 2001
@@ -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,
--- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt.orig Sun Jan 7 04:34:46 2001
+++ Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt Sun Jan 7 04:35:38 2001
@@ -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.orig Sun Jan 7 05:08:30 2001
+++ MAINTAINERS Sun Jan 7 05:10:18 2001
@@ -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]
--- Documentation/Configure.help.orig Sun Jan 7 03:30:14 2001
+++ Documentation/Configure.help Sun Jan 7 05:00:51 2001
@@ -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.
--- Documentation/modules.txt.orig Sun Jan 7 05:38:27 2001
+++ Documentation/modules.txt Sun Jan 7 05:48:49 2001
@@ -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:
-----------------------
--- Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl.orig Sun Jan 7 05:57:10 2001
+++ Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl Sun Jan 7 05:57:18 2001
@@ -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>
--- Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl.orig Sun Jan 7 05:58:48 2001
+++ Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl Sun Jan 7 05:58:55 2001
@@ -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>
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