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@@ -25,19 +25,17 @@ to actually enable these protocols in the kernel -- what you do here is merely
telling the package to include support for those protocols in its programs,
but it's up to the kernel to make the protocols available.</para>
-<para>First fix a small syntax problem in the sources of the mii-tool
-program:</para>
+<para>First fix a small syntax problem in the sources of the
+<command>mii-tool</command> program:</para>
<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&net-tools-mii-patch;</userinput></screen>
-<para>Now prepare Net-tools for compilation with:</para>
+<para>Now prepare Net-tools for compilation (if you intend to accept the
+defaults, you can skip all the questions by running <userinput>yes "" |
+make config</userinput> instead):</para>
<screen><userinput>make config</userinput></screen>
-<para>If you intend to accept the default settings, you may skip the
-questions generated by <command>make config</command> by running
-<userinput>yes "" | make config</userinput> instead.</para>
-
<para>Compile the package:</para>
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>