Paul Gortmaker wrote: > Andrzej Krzysztofowicz wrote: > > +MODULE_PARM_DESC(io, "EtherLink II I/O base address(es)"); > > +MODULE_PARM_DESC(irq, "EtherLink II IRQ number(s) (assigned)"); > > +MODULE_PARM_DESC(xcvr, "EtherLink II tranceiver(s) (0=internal,1=external)"); > > it seems redundant to put in "Etherlink II" for each option. Instead, > I would suggest adding a MODULE_DESCRIPTION (assuming there isn't one). > So for example the above becomes: > > +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Etherlink II (3c503,3c503/16) ISA Ethernet Driver"); > ... > +MODULE_PARM_DESC(io, "I/O base address(es)"); > +MODULE_PARM_DESC(irq, "IRQ number(s) (assigned)"); > +MODULE_PARM_DESC(xcvr, "Tranceiver(s) (0=internal, 1=external)"); > > Maybe you can take the old version of your patch and do something like: > > sed 's/".*I\/O base/"I\/O base/;s/".*IRQ num/"IRQ num/' < old > new > patch -R < old > patch < new > > to save a bit of editing. agreed -- Jeff Garzik | Disbelief, that's why you fail. Building 1024 | MandrakeSoft | - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org