Realtek network driver

[M. Warner Losh]

In message: <e71790db0810120836s4fcccd95s64aa1ca610e8c562 at mail.gmail.com>
            "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" <unixmania at gmail.com> writes:
: On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Aleksandr Litvinov
: <free.dvig at 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

The simpler driver was for a device that was fairly low end for its
time, so needed a lot of quirks and workarounds.  The higher end
driver for re eliminates those quirks and uses more of the hardware
functions.  There's some code shared between the two drivers.

Warner