lwn.git/drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c501.c, branch docs-fixes

drivers/net: delete old 8bit ISA 3c501 driver.

2013-01-22T15:39:49+00:00

It was amusing that linux was able to make use of this 1980's technology on machines long past its intended lifespan, but it probably should go now. To set some context, the 3c501 was designed in the 1980's to be used on 8088 PC-XT 8bit ISA machines. It was built using a large number of discrete TTL components and truly looks like a relic of the ancient past before large scale integration was common. But from a functional point of view, the real issue, as stated in the (also obsolete) Ethernet-HowTo, is that "...the 3c501 can only do one thing at a time -- while you are removing one packet from the single-packet buffer it cannot receive another packet, nor can it receive a packet while loading a transmit packet." You know things are not good when the Kconfig help text suggests you make a cron job doing a ping every minute. Hardware that old and crippled is simply not going to be used by anyone in a time where 10 year old 100Mbit PCI cards (that are still functional) are largely give-away items. Cc: Alan Cox Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker

ethtool: fix drvinfo strings set in drivers

2013-01-07T05:06:31+00:00

Use strlcpy where possible to ensure the string is \0 terminated. Use always sizeof(string) instead of 32, ETHTOOL_BUSINFO_LEN and custom defines. Use snprintf instead of sprint. Remove unnecessary inits of ->fw_version Remove unnecessary inits of drvinfo struct. Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

drivers/net/ethernet: Fix (nearly-)kernel-doc comments for various functions

2012-07-11T06:13:46+00:00

Fix incorrect start markers, wrapped summary lines, missing section breaks, incorrect separators, and some name mismatches. Delete a few that are content-free. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings Acked-by: Jeff Kirsher Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

netdev: ethernet dev_alloc_skb to netdev_alloc_skb

2012-02-06T16:41:20+00:00

Replaced deprecating dev_alloc_skb with netdev_alloc_skb in drivers/net/ethernet - Removed extra skb->dev = dev after netdev_alloc_skb Signed-off-by: Pradeep A Dalvi Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: remove use of ndo_set_multicast_list in drivers

2011-08-18T03:22:03+00:00

replace it by ndo_set_rx_mode Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

3c*/acenic/typhoon: Move 3Com Ethernet drivers

2011-08-11T02:53:41+00:00

Moves the 3Com drivers into drivers/net/ethernet/3com/ and the necessary Kconfig and Makefile changes. Did not move the following drivers becuase they use a non-3Com chipset: 3c503, 3c505, 3c507, 3c523 and 3c527 CC: Steffen Klassert CC: David Dillow CC: Jes Sorensen CC: Alan Cox CC: David Hinds Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher Acked-by: David Dillow