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[PATCH 2.6] ixgb: Documentation/networking/ixgb.txt

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Subject: [PATCH 2.6] ixgb: Documentation/networking/ixgb.txt
From: Ganesh Venkatesan <ganesh.venkatesan@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 17:03:57 -0800 (PST)
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diff -Nuar -u net-drivers-2.6/Documentation/networking/ixgb.txt 
net-drivers-2.6.new/Documentation/networking/ixgb.txt
--- net-drivers-2.6/Documentation/networking/ixgb.txt   2004-10-26 
04:14:03.000000000 -0700
+++ net-drivers-2.6.new/Documentation/networking/ixgb.txt       2005-01-06 
11:01:30.000000000 -0800
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Linux* Base Driver for the Intel(R) PRO/10GbE Family of Adapters
 ================================================================
 
-September 13, 2004
+November 17, 2004
 
 
 Contents
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@
 ===============
 
 This file describes the Linux* Base Driver for the Intel(R) PRO/10GbE Family 
-of Adapters, version 1.0.x.  This driver includes support for Itanium(TM)2 and
-EM64T systems.
+of Adapters, version 1.0.x.  
 
 For questions related to hardware requirements, refer to the documentation 
 supplied with your Intel PRO/10GbE adapter. All hardware requirements listed 
@@ -71,8 +70,8 @@
     Ethernet PAUSE frames.
 
 RxDescriptors
-Valid Range: 64-4096
-Default Value: 1024
+Valid Range: 64-512
+Default Value: 512
     This value is the number of receive descriptors allocated by the driver. 
     Increasing this value allows the driver to buffer more incoming packets. 
     Each descriptor is 16 bytes.  A receive buffer is also allocated for 



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