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| author |   Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> | 2012-01-06 22:47:17 +0000 |
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| committer | Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> | 2012-01-27 00:10:54 +0000 |
| commit | 94813b86bf1981338de0a6e2ab50be3b4366f3bd (patch) | |
| tree | 57c8af25044d41c6c0445fa81046dc8531dba92c /drivers/net/ethernet/sfc | |
| parent | sfc: Add hwmon driver for boards using SFC9000-family controllers (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-94813b86bf1981338de0a6e2ab50be3b4366f3bd.tar.xz linux-dev-94813b86bf1981338de0a6e2ab50be3b4366f3bd.zip | |
sfc: Update the description of SFC_MTD
SFC4000 boards also have an EEPROM exposed as MTD.
The boot configuration is accessed through MTD.
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet/sfc')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/Kconfig | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/Kconfig index ae40b666739b..8d423544a7e6 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/Kconfig @@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ config SFC_MTD depends on SFC && MTD && !(SFC=y && MTD=m) default y ---help--- - This exposes the on-board flash memory as MTD devices (e.g. - /dev/mtd1). This makes it possible to upload new firmware - to the NIC. + This exposes the on-board flash and/or EEPROM as MTD devices + (e.g. /dev/mtd1). This is required to update the firmware or + the boot configuration under Linux. config SFC_MCDI_MON bool "Solarflare SFC9000-family hwmon support" depends on SFC && HWMON && !(SFC=y && HWMON=m) |