[Intel-wired-lan] [net-next] Documentation: Update Intel wired LAN docs

Shannon Nelson shannon.nelson at oracle.com
Thu Feb 8 00:41:33 UTC 2018


On 2/7/2018 4:37 PM, Shannon Nelson wrote:
> On 2/6/2018 1:00 PM, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
>> Updated the kernel documentation on e1000e, fm10k, i40e/vf, igb/vf and
>> ixgbe/vf.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher at intel.com>
> 
> I didn't really read this for details, but I saw a few things that 
> jumped out at me and noted them below.  In general, it would be nice to 
> have someone go through them and do proper updates to make these files 
> look consistent so they look like they came from the same company.  I 
> know there are differences in the individual drivers, but there are a 
> lot of similarities and these files should not all look so different. 
> There's also still a lot of out-dated information here that doesn't do 
> your customer any good.
> 
> Also, with so many things changed in each file, it would be much easier 
> to review if each was a separate patch rather than having to page 
> through a few thousand lines in a single email.  You'd be much more 
> likely to have someone who knows about a particular driver review at 
> least that one file.
> 
> sln

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