Linus,
The attached unidiff creates a parent entry for all gigabit ethernet
interfaces, making the submenu consistent with that of 10/100. Suggested
by Robert P. J. Day. Trivial patch against 2.5-bkcurrent.
Please apply,
-- Tomas Szepe <szepe@pinerecords.com>diff -urN a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig --- a/drivers/net/Kconfig 2002-12-24 10:45:39.000000000 +0100 +++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig 2002-12-31 08:49:44.000000000 +0100 @@ -1578,9 +1578,36 @@ menu "Ethernet (1000 Mbit)" depends on NETDEVICES +config NET_GIGABIT_ETH + bool "Ethernet (1000 Mbit)" + ---help--- + Ethernet (also called IEEE 802.3 or ISO 8802-2) is the most common + type of Local Area Network (LAN) in universities and companies. + + Common varieties of Ethernet are: 10BASE-2 or Thinnet (10 Mbps over + coaxial cable, linking computers in a chain), 10BASE-T or twisted + pair (10 Mbps over twisted pair cable, linking computers to central + hubs), 10BASE-F (10 Mbps over optical fiber links, using hubs), + 100BASE-TX (100 Mbps over two twisted pair cables, using hubs), + 100BASE-T4 (100 Mbps over 4 standard voice-grade twisted pair + cables, using hubs), 100BASE-FX (100 Mbps over optical fiber links) + [the 100BASE varieties are also known as Fast Ethernet], and Gigabit + Ethernet (1 Gbps over optical fiber or short copper links). + + If your Linux machine will be connected to an Ethernet and you have + a gigabit Ethernet network interface card (NIC) installed in your + computer, say Y here and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from + <http://www.linuxdoc.org/docs.html#howto>. You will then also have + to say Y to the driver for your particular NIC. + + Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the + kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all + the questions about gigabit Ethernet network cards. If unsure, + say N. + config ACENIC tristate "Alteon AceNIC/3Com 3C985/NetGear GA620 Gigabit support" - depends on PCI + depends on NET_GIGABIT_ETH && PCI ---help--- Say Y here if you have an Alteon AceNIC, 3Com 3C985(B), NetGear GA620, SGI Gigabit or Farallon PN9000-SX PCI Gigabit Ethernet @@ -1609,7 +1636,7 @@ config DL2K tristate "D-Link DL2000-based Gigabit Ethernet support" - depends on PCI + depends on NET_GIGABIT_ETH && PCI help This driver supports D-Link 2000-based gigabit ethernet cards, which includes @@ -1623,7 +1650,7 @@ config E1000 tristate "Intel(R) PRO/1000 Gigabit Ethernet support" - depends on PCI + depends on NET_GIGABIT_ETH && PCI ---help--- This driver supports Intel(R) PRO/1000 gigabit ethernet family of adapters, which includes: @@ -1671,7 +1698,7 @@ config MYRI_SBUS tristate "MyriCOM Gigabit Ethernet support" - depends on SBUS + depends on NET_GIGABIT_ETH && SBUS help This driver supports MyriCOM Sbus gigabit Ethernet cards. @@ -1682,7 +1709,7 @@ config NS83820 tristate "National Semiconduct DP83820 support" - depends on PCI + depends on NET_GIGABIT_ETH && PCI help This is a driver for the National Semiconductor DP83820 series of gigabit ethernet MACs. Cards using this chipset include @@ -1692,7 +1719,7 @@ config HAMACHI tristate "Packet Engines Hamachi GNIC-II support" - depends on PCI + depends on NET_GIGABIT_ETH && PCI help If you have a Gigabit Ethernet card of this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from @@ -1706,7 +1733,7 @@ config YELLOWFIN tristate "Packet Engines Yellowfin Gigabit-NIC support (EXPERIMENTAL)" - depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL + depends on NET_GIGABIT_ETH && PCI && EXPERIMENTAL ---help--- Say Y here if you have a Packet Engines G-NIC PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter or the SYM53C885 Ethernet controller. The Gigabit adapter is @@ -1721,7 +1748,7 @@ config R8169 tristate "Realtek 8169 gigabit ethernet support" - depends on PCI + depends on NET_GIGABIT_ETH && PCI ---help--- Say Y here if you have a Realtek 8169 PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter. @@ -1732,7 +1759,7 @@ config SK98LIN tristate "SysKonnect SK-98xx support" - depends on PCI + depends on NET_GIGABIT_ETH && PCI ---help--- Say Y here if you have a SysKonnect SK-98xx Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter. The following adapters are supported by this driver: @@ -1760,7 +1787,7 @@ config TIGON3 tristate "Broadcom Tigon3 support" - depends on PCI + depends on NET_GIGABIT_ETH && PCI help This driver supports Broadcom Tigon3 based gigabit Ethernet cards. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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