From: james4765@verizon.net
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: akpm@osdl.org, james4765@verizon.net
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] to Documentation/digiecpa.txt
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 19:14:30 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041030001430.12226.20083.89703@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20041030001423.12226.74257.30654@localhost.localdomain>
Description: Update status of digiecpa driver & fix broken links in Documentation/digiecpa.txt.
Apply against 2.6.9.
Signed-off-by: James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com>
diff -urN --exclude='*~' linux-2.6.9-original/Documentation/digiepca.txt linux-2.6.9/Documentation/digiepca.txt
--- linux-2.6.9-original/Documentation/digiepca.txt 2004-10-18 17:53:06.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.9/Documentation/digiepca.txt 2004-10-29 20:03:48.968948646 -0400
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+NOTE: This driver is obsolete. Digi provides a 2.6 driver (dgdm) at
+http://www.digi.com for PCI cards. They no longer maintain this driver,
+and have no 2.6 driver for ISA cards.
+
+This driver requires a number of user-space tools. They can be aquired from
+http://www.digi.com, but only works with 2.4 kernels.
+
+
The Digi Intl. epca driver.
----------------------------
The Digi Intl. epca driver for Linux supports the following boards:
@@ -64,9 +72,6 @@
this driver REQUIRES that digiDload be executed prior to it being used.
Failure to do this will result in an ENODEV error.
-The latest version of the tool package is available at:
-ftp://ftp.dgii.com/drivers/linux/released/async/
-
Documentation:
--------------
Complete documentation for this product may be found in the tool package.
@@ -74,14 +79,8 @@
Sources of information and support:
-----------------------------------
Digi Intl. support site for this product:
--> digilnux@dgii.com
-Related information and information concerning other drivers supporting
-Digi Intl. products:
-
--> FTP: ftp://dgii.com
--> Webpage: http://www.dgii.com
--> Webpage: http://lameter.com/digi
+-> http://www.digi.com
Acknowledgments:
----------------
@@ -90,3 +89,10 @@
1994,1995 Troy De Jongh. Many thanks to Christoph Lameter
(christoph@lameter.com) and Mike McLagan (mike.mclagan@linux.org) who authored
and contributed to the original document.
+
+Changelog:
+----------
+10-29-04: Update status of driver, remove dead links in document
+ James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com>
+
+2000 (?) Original Document
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