[PATCH] Clarify help text of SKGE/SK98LIN/SKY2

Some users have commented that it is unclear which driver they should be
using for their Marvell/SysKonnect network adapter, and which ones
are/aren't interchangable.

This patch attempts to reduce the confusion.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>

diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index 626508a..6a6a084 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -2034,13 +2034,28 @@ config SKGE
          It does not support the link failover and network management 
          features that "portable" vendor supplied sk98lin driver does.
 
+         This driver supports adapters based on the original Yukon chipset:
+         Marvell 88E8001, Belkin F5D5005, CNet GigaCard, DLink DGE-530T,
+         Linksys EG1032/EG1064, 3Com 3C940/3C940B, SysKonnect SK-9871/9872.
+
+         It does not support the newer Yukon2 chipset: a separate driver,
+         sky2, is provided for Yukon2-based adapters.
+
+         To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
+         will be called skge.  This is recommended.
 
 config SKY2
        tristate "SysKonnect Yukon2 support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
        depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
        select CRC32
        ---help---
-         This driver support the Marvell Yukon 2 Gigabit Ethernet adapter.
+         This driver supports Gigabit Ethernet adapters based on the the
+         Marvell Yukon 2 chipset:
+         Marvell 88E8021/88E8022/88E8035/88E8036/88E8038/88E8050/88E8052/
+         88E8053/88E8055/88E8061/88E8062, SysKonnect SK-9E21D/SK-9S21
+
+         This driver does not support the original Yukon chipset: a seperate
+         driver, skge, is provided for Yukon-based adapters.
 
          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
          will be called sky2.  This is recommended.
@@ -2050,8 +2065,15 @@ config SK98LIN
        depends on PCI
        ---help---
          Say Y here if you have a Marvell Yukon or SysKonnect SK-98xx/SK-95xx
-         compliant Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. The following adapters are supported
-         by this driver:
+         compliant Gigabit Ethernet Adapter.
+
+         This driver supports the original Yukon chipset. A cleaner driver is 
+         also available (skge) which seems to work better than this one.
+
+         This driver does not support the newer Yukon2 chipset. A seperate
+         driver, sky2, is provided to support Yukon2-based adapters.
+
+         The following adapters are supported by this driver:
            - 3Com 3C940 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter
            - 3Com 3C941 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter
            - Allied Telesyn AT-2970LX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter