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- Lines: 40
- Date:
Tue Apr 28 14:22:04 1998
- Orig file:
v2.1.98/linux/Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt
- Orig date:
Thu Jun 26 12:33:36 1997
diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.1.98/linux/Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt linux/Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt
@@ -2,31 +2,31 @@
Linux network driver modules
- Do not mistake this to "README.modules" at the top-level
+ Do not mistake this for "README.modules" at the top-level
directory! That document tells about modules in general, while
this one tells only about network device driver modules.
This is a potpourri of INSMOD-time(*) configuration options
(if such exists) and their default values of various modules
- on Linux network drivers collection.
+ in the Linux network drivers collection.
Some modules have also hidden (= non-documented) tunable values.
- Choice of not documenting them is based on general belief, that
- the less user needs to know, the better. (There are things that
- driver developer can use, others should not confuse themselves.)
+ The choice of not documenting them is based on general belief, that
+ the less the user needs to know, the better. (There are things that
+ driver developers can use, others should not confuse themselves.)
In many cases it is highly preferred that insmod:ing is done
ONLY with defining an explicit address for the card, AND BY
NOT USING AUTO-PROBING!
- Now most cards have some explicitly defined base address, they
+ Now most cards have some explicitly defined base address that they
are compiled with (to avoid auto-probing, among other things).
If that compiled value does not match your actual configuration,
- do use "io=0xXXX" -parameter for the insmod, and give there
+ do use the "io=0xXXX" -parameter for the insmod, and give there
a value matching your environment.
If you are adventurous, you can ask the driver to autoprobe
- by using "io=0" parameter, however it is potentially dangerous
+ by using the "io=0" parameter, however it is a potentially dangerous
thing to do in a live system. (If you don't know where the
card is located, you can try autoprobing, and after possible
crash recovery, insmod with proper IO-address..)
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