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From: Marco Beishuizen <mbeis@xs4all.nl>
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Subject: em0 legacy driver 1.0.3?
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Hi,

I noticed that my Intel 82541GI gigabit ethernet controller uses a legacy 
driver 1.0.3, instead of the in 9.0 standard em0 driver 7.3.2.

Why is this and is the legacy driver as good as the standard driver?

Regards,
Marco

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