1132db935SJakub Kicinski.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ 2132db935SJakub Kicinski 3132db935SJakub Kicinski=========================================================== 4132db935SJakub KicinskiLinux Base Virtual Function Driver for Intel(R) 1G Ethernet 5132db935SJakub Kicinski=========================================================== 6132db935SJakub Kicinski 7132db935SJakub KicinskiIntel Gigabit Virtual Function Linux driver. 8132db935SJakub KicinskiCopyright(c) 1999-2018 Intel Corporation. 9132db935SJakub Kicinski 10132db935SJakub KicinskiContents 11132db935SJakub Kicinski======== 12132db935SJakub Kicinski- Identifying Your Adapter 13132db935SJakub Kicinski- Additional Configurations 14132db935SJakub Kicinski- Support 15132db935SJakub Kicinski 16132db935SJakub KicinskiThis driver supports Intel 82576-based virtual function devices-based virtual 17132db935SJakub Kicinskifunction devices that can only be activated on kernels that support SR-IOV. 18132db935SJakub Kicinski 19132db935SJakub KicinskiSR-IOV requires the correct platform and OS support. 20132db935SJakub Kicinski 21132db935SJakub KicinskiThe guest OS loading this driver must support MSI-X interrupts. 22132db935SJakub Kicinski 23132db935SJakub KicinskiFor questions related to hardware requirements, refer to the documentation 24132db935SJakub Kicinskisupplied with your Intel adapter. All hardware requirements listed apply to use 25132db935SJakub Kicinskiwith Linux. 26132db935SJakub Kicinski 27132db935SJakub KicinskiDriver information can be obtained using ethtool, lspci, and ifconfig. 28132db935SJakub KicinskiInstructions on updating ethtool can be found in the section Additional 29132db935SJakub KicinskiConfigurations later in this document. 30132db935SJakub Kicinski 31132db935SJakub KicinskiNOTE: There is a limit of a total of 32 shared VLANs to 1 or more VFs. 32132db935SJakub Kicinski 33132db935SJakub Kicinski 34132db935SJakub KicinskiIdentifying Your Adapter 35132db935SJakub Kicinski======================== 36132db935SJakub KicinskiFor information on how to identify your adapter, and for the latest Intel 37132db935SJakub Kicinskinetwork drivers, refer to the Intel Support website: 3809a071f5SAlexander A. Klimovhttps://www.intel.com/support 39132db935SJakub Kicinski 40132db935SJakub Kicinski 41132db935SJakub KicinskiAdditional Features and Configurations 42132db935SJakub Kicinski====================================== 43132db935SJakub Kicinski 44132db935SJakub Kicinskiethtool 45132db935SJakub Kicinski------- 46132db935SJakub KicinskiThe driver utilizes the ethtool interface for driver configuration and 47132db935SJakub Kicinskidiagnostics, as well as displaying statistical information. The latest ethtool 48132db935SJakub Kicinskiversion is required for this functionality. Download it at: 49132db935SJakub Kicinski 50132db935SJakub Kicinskihttps://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/ethtool/ 51132db935SJakub Kicinski 52132db935SJakub Kicinski 53132db935SJakub KicinskiSupport 54132db935SJakub Kicinski======= 55132db935SJakub KicinskiFor general information, go to the Intel support website at: 56132db935SJakub Kicinskihttps://www.intel.com/support/ 57132db935SJakub Kicinski 58132db935SJakub KicinskiIf an issue is identified with the released source code on a supported kernel 59132db935SJakub Kicinskiwith a supported adapter, email the specific information related to the issue 60*8ba732beSTony Nguyento intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org. 61