Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:36:54 -0200 From: "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" <unixmania@gmail.com> To: "Aleksandr Litvinov" <free.dvig@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Realtek network driver Message-ID: <e71790db0810120836s4fcccd95s64aa1ca610e8c562@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <65f70ae30810120726p14dcf5f3m3284ffa1e506e261@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Aleksandr Litvinov
<free.dvig@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> Let's ask. Why in cvsweb existing a two drivers for network interface
> realtek: rl & re? They can be united? What objective reasons prevent
> to make?
The drivers are for different card/chipset models. Please see
man if_rl
man if_re
Summary:
rl -- RealTek 8129/8139 Fast Ethernet device driver
re -- RealTek 8139C+/8169/816xS/811xS/8101E PCI/PCIe Ethernet
adapter driver
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cd /usr/ports/sysutils/life
make clean
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