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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/e100.txt b/Documentation/networking/e100.txt index 944aa55e79f..f862cf3aff3 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/e100.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/e100.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Linux* Base Driver for the Intel(R) PRO/100 Family of Adapters ============================================================== -November 15, 2005 +March 15, 2011 Contents ======== @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Tx Descriptors: Number of transmit descriptors. A transmit descriptor is a data ethtool -G eth? tx n, where n is the number of desired tx descriptors. Speed/Duplex: The driver auto-negotiates the link speed and duplex settings by - default. Ethtool can be used as follows to force speed/duplex. + default. The ethtool utility can be used as follows to force speed/duplex. ethtool -s eth? autoneg off speed {10|100} duplex {full|half} @@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ Additional Configurations Configuring a network driver to load properly when the system is started is distribution dependent. Typically, the configuration process involves adding - an alias line to /etc/modules.conf or /etc/modprobe.conf as well as editing - other system startup scripts and/or configuration files. Many popular Linux + an alias line to /etc/modprobe.d/*.conf as well as editing other system + startup scripts and/or configuration files. Many popular Linux distributions ship with tools to make these changes for you. To learn the proper way to configure a network device for your system, refer to your distribution documentation. If during this process you are asked for the @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Additional Configurations PRO/100 Family of Adapters is e100. As an example, if you install the e100 driver for two PRO/100 adapters - (eth0 and eth1), add the following to modules.conf or modprobe.conf: + (eth0 and eth1), add the following to a configuration file in /etc/modprobe.d/ alias eth0 e100 alias eth1 e100 @@ -122,34 +122,25 @@ Additional Configurations NOTE: This setting is not saved across reboots. - Ethtool + ethtool ------- The driver utilizes the ethtool interface for driver configuration and - diagnostics, as well as displaying statistical information. Ethtool + diagnostics, as well as displaying statistical information. The ethtool version 1.6 or later is required for this functionality. The latest release of ethtool can be found from - http://sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel. - - NOTE: Ethtool 1.6 only supports a limited set of ethtool options. Support - for a more complete ethtool feature set can be enabled by upgrading - ethtool to ethtool-1.8.1. - + http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/software/network/ethtool/ Enabling Wake on LAN* (WoL) --------------------------- - WoL is provided through the Ethtool* utility. Ethtool is included with Red - Hat* 8.0. For other Linux distributions, download and install Ethtool from - the following website: http://sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel. - - For instructions on enabling WoL with Ethtool, refer to the Ethtool man page. + WoL is provided through the ethtool* utility. For instructions on enabling + WoL with ethtool, refer to the ethtool man page. WoL will be enabled on the system during the next shut down or reboot. For this driver version, in order to enable WoL, the e100 driver must be loaded when shutting down or rebooting the system. - NAPI ---- |