jacliburn@bellsouth.net wrote:
> From: Jay Cliburn <jacliburn@bellsouth.net>
> 
> Update atl1_down() and atl1_up() to conform with the current vendor driver
> version 1.2.40.2.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jay Cliburn <jacliburn@bellsouth.net>
> ---
>  drivers/net/atlx/atl1.c |   21 ++++++++-------------
>  drivers/net/atlx/atl1.h |    1 -
>  drivers/net/atlx/atlx.c |    2 +-
>  3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

same comments continue...  these are software changes that need to be 
explained.

"conform with vendor driver" does not excuse failure to document changes 
in init and shutdown sequencing, for example.