Re: [PATCH] ne2k PCI/ISA documentation: improved cross-reference.

[Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>]

On 1/9/06, Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 04:46:09PM +0000, G.W. Haywood wrote:
> > Hi Marcelo,
> >
> > On Mon, 9 Jan 2006, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 03:11:40PM +0000, G.W. Haywood wrote:
> > > > From: Ged Haywood <ged@jubileegroup.co.uk>
> > > >
> > > > Improved reference to PCI ne2k support in ISA ne2k documentation.
> >
> > > Appreciate your efforts but the v2.4 tree is under deep maintenance mode
> >
> > Sorry, I didn't know.  (And evidently several other people on the LKML
> > didn't know either... :)  Does that mean that development is finished
> > on the 2.4 tree, or will it switch back to accepting patches at some
> > future time?
>
> Development is definately finished. The maintenance of the stable tree
> at this point should be done to fix critical problems.
>
> So, its accepting patches, but only for critical problems/real bugs.
>
> > There's quite a lot in the Documentation/ directory that could be
> > improved (as you probably know:).
>
> Definately - the community has concentrated efforts on the v2.6 tree
> for more than 3, 4 years.
>
> linux-2.6.14/drivers/net/Kconfig has the exact same text:
>
>     If you have a PCI NE2000 card however, say N here and Y to "PCI
>     NE2000 support", above. If you have a NE2000 card and are running on
>     an MCA system (a bus system used on some IBM PS/2 computers and
>     laptops), say N here and Y to "NE/2 (ne2000 MCA version) support",
>     below.
>
> Send a patch :)
>
Mr. Haywood already did (to LKML).
I created a 2.6 version of his patch and he submitted it to LKML -
it's not been picked up yet though.

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