Re: Missing Configure,help entries need filling in

[Urban Widmark]

On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Eric S. Raymond wrote:

> We're down to 120 missing help entries.  If you can fill some of these
> in, please send me a patch for Configure.help.
...
> VIA_RHINE_MMIO

This bit was included in the original patch.
Do you want it as a patch for 2.4 also or do you merge by-hand anyway?

/Urban

diff -urN -X exclude linux-2.5.1-pre5-orig/Documentation/Configure.help linux/Documentation/Configure.help
--- linux-2.5.1-pre5-orig/Documentation/Configure.help	Sat Dec  1 17:24:59 2001
+++ linux/Documentation/Configure.help	Sun Dec  2 14:10:42 2001
@@ -11002,6 +11002,17 @@
   a module, say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt> as
   well as <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>.
 
+VIA Rhine MMIO support (EXPERIMENTAL)
+CONFIG_VIA_RHINE_MMIO
+  This instructs the driver to use PCI shared memory (MMIO) instead of
+  programmed I/O ports (PIO). Enabling this gives an improvement in
+  processing time in parts of the driver.
+
+  It is not known if this works reliably on all "rhine" based cards,
+  but it has been tested successfully on some DFE-530TX adapters.
+
+  If unsure, say N.
+
 Davicom DM910x/DM980x support
 CONFIG_DM9102
   This driver is for DM9102(A)/DM9132/DM9801 compatible PCI cards from