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[2.6.33,2/4] net: Kconfig change for KSZ884X driver

Message ID 14385191E87B904DBD836449AA30269D021A4E@MORGANITE.micrel.com
State Changes Requested, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Ha, Tristram Jan. 29, 2010, 10:40 p.m. UTC 
From: Tristram Ha <Tristram.Ha@micrel.com>

Add Micrel KSZ8841/KSZ8842 PCI Ethernet chip support.

Some users like to use KSZ8842 switch to run Spanning Tree Protocol.  As a result a hardware STP support was implemented so that the host does not waste CPU time forwarding each and every packet.

Signed-off-by: Tristram Ha <Tristram.Ha@micrel.com>
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This is a resubmission of the Micrel KSZ8841/2 PCI Ethernet driver.

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--- linux-2.6.33-rc3.old/drivers/net/Kconfig	2010-01-05 16:02:46.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.33-rc3.new/drivers/net/Kconfig	2010-01-13 12:17:42.000000000 -0800
@@ -1368,6 +1368,27 @@  config AC3200
 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
 	  will be called ac3200.
 
+config KSZ884X_PCI
+	tristate "Micrel KSZ8841/2 PCI"
+	depends on NET_PCI && PCI
+	select MII
+	select CRC32
+	help
+	  This PCI driver is for Micrel KSZ8841/KSZ8842 PCI Ethernet chip.
+
+	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
+	  will be called ksz884x.
+
+config KSZ8842_STP
+	bool "STP support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+	depends on KSZ884X_PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
+	help
+	  This enables a feature to aid KSZ8842 running Spanning Tree Protocol.
+	  To actually use it pass the stp=1 parameter to the driver.
+
+	  This feature is experimental and may not work correctly compared to
+	  the Linux bridge using STP.
+
 config APRICOT
 	tristate "Apricot Xen-II on board Ethernet"
 	depends on NET_PCI && ISA