1132db935SJakub Kicinski.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ 2132db935SJakub Kicinski 3132db935SJakub Kicinski============================================================ 4132db935SJakub KicinskiLinux Base Virtual Function Driver for Intel(R) 10G Ethernet 5132db935SJakub Kicinski============================================================ 6132db935SJakub Kicinski 7132db935SJakub KicinskiIntel 10 Gigabit Virtual Function Linux driver. 8132db935SJakub KicinskiCopyright(c) 1999-2018 Intel Corporation. 9132db935SJakub Kicinski 10132db935SJakub KicinskiContents 11132db935SJakub Kicinski======== 12132db935SJakub Kicinski 13132db935SJakub Kicinski- Identifying Your Adapter 14132db935SJakub Kicinski- Known Issues 15132db935SJakub Kicinski- Support 16132db935SJakub Kicinski 17132db935SJakub KicinskiThis driver supports 82599, X540, X550, and X552-based virtual function devices 18132db935SJakub Kicinskithat can only be activated on kernels that support SR-IOV. 19132db935SJakub Kicinski 20132db935SJakub KicinskiFor questions related to hardware requirements, refer to the documentation 21132db935SJakub Kicinskisupplied with your Intel adapter. All hardware requirements listed apply to use 22132db935SJakub Kicinskiwith Linux. 23132db935SJakub Kicinski 24132db935SJakub Kicinski 25132db935SJakub KicinskiIdentifying Your Adapter 26132db935SJakub Kicinski======================== 27132db935SJakub KicinskiThe driver is compatible with devices based on the following: 28132db935SJakub Kicinski 29132db935SJakub Kicinski * Intel(R) Ethernet Controller 82598 30132db935SJakub Kicinski * Intel(R) Ethernet Controller 82599 31132db935SJakub Kicinski * Intel(R) Ethernet Controller X520 32132db935SJakub Kicinski * Intel(R) Ethernet Controller X540 33132db935SJakub Kicinski * Intel(R) Ethernet Controller x550 34132db935SJakub Kicinski * Intel(R) Ethernet Controller X552 35132db935SJakub Kicinski * Intel(R) Ethernet Controller X553 36132db935SJakub Kicinski 37132db935SJakub KicinskiFor information on how to identify your adapter, and for the latest Intel 38132db935SJakub Kicinskinetwork drivers, refer to the Intel Support website: 39132db935SJakub Kicinskihttps://www.intel.com/support 40132db935SJakub Kicinski 41132db935SJakub KicinskiKnown Issues/Troubleshooting 42132db935SJakub Kicinski============================ 43132db935SJakub Kicinski 44132db935SJakub KicinskiSR-IOV requires the correct platform and OS support. 45132db935SJakub Kicinski 46132db935SJakub KicinskiThe guest OS loading this driver must support MSI-X interrupts. 47132db935SJakub Kicinski 48132db935SJakub KicinskiThis driver is only supported as a loadable module at this time. Intel is not 49132db935SJakub Kicinskisupplying patches against the kernel source to allow for static linking of the 50132db935SJakub Kicinskidrivers. 51132db935SJakub Kicinski 52132db935SJakub KicinskiVLANs: There is a limit of a total of 64 shared VLANs to 1 or more VFs. 53132db935SJakub Kicinski 54132db935SJakub Kicinski 55132db935SJakub KicinskiSupport 56132db935SJakub Kicinski======= 57132db935SJakub KicinskiFor general information, go to the Intel support website at: 58132db935SJakub Kicinskihttps://www.intel.com/support/ 59132db935SJakub Kicinski 60132db935SJakub KicinskiIf an issue is identified with the released source code on a supported kernel 61132db935SJakub Kicinskiwith a supported adapter, email the specific information related to the issue 62*8ba732beSTony Nguyento intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org. 63