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Subject: Re: Realtek network driver
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Aleksandr Litvinov 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?

There is some explanations:
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2008-July/043522.html

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WBR, Andrey V. Elsukov