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1 Linux* Base Driver for Intel(R) Ethernet Network Connection 2 =========================================================== 3 4 Intel Gigabit Linux driver. 5 Copyright(c) 1999 - 2013 Intel Corporation. 6 7 Contents 8 ======== 9 10 - Identifying Your Adapter 11 - Additional Configurations 12 - Support 13 14 This file describes the igbvf Linux* Base Driver for Intel Network Connection. 15 16 The igbvf driver supports 82576-based virtual function devices that can only 17 be activated on kernels that support SR-IOV. SR-IOV requires the correct 18 platform and OS support. 19 20 The igbvf driver requires the igb driver, version 2.0 or later. The igbvf 21 driver supports virtual functions generated by the igb driver with a max_vfs 22 value of 1 or greater. For more information on the max_vfs parameter refer 23 to the README included with the igb driver. 24 25 The guest OS loading the igbvf driver must support MSI-X interrupts. 26 27 This driver is only supported as a loadable module at this time. Intel is 28 not supplying patches against the kernel source to allow for static linking 29 of the driver. For questions related to hardware requirements, refer to the 30 documentation supplied with your Intel Gigabit adapter. All hardware 31 requirements listed apply to use with Linux. 32 33 Instructions on updating ethtool can be found in the section "Additional 34 Configurations" later in this document. 35 36 VLANs: There is a limit of a total of 32 shared VLANs to 1 or more VFs. 37 38 Identifying Your Adapter 39 ======================== 40 41 The igbvf driver supports 82576-based virtual function devices that can only 42 be activated on kernels that support SR-IOV. 43 44 For more information on how to identify your adapter, go to the Adapter & 45 Driver ID Guide at: 46 47 http://support.intel.com/support/go/network/adapter/idguide.htm 48 49 For the latest Intel network drivers for Linux, refer to the following 50 website. In the search field, enter your adapter name or type, or use the 51 networking link on the left to search for your adapter: 52 53 http://downloadcenter.intel.com/scripts-df-external/Support_Intel.aspx 54 55 Additional Configurations 56 ========================= 57 58 ethtool 59 ------- 60 The driver utilizes the ethtool interface for driver configuration and 61 diagnostics, as well as displaying statistical information. The ethtool 62 version 3.0 or later is required for this functionality, although we 63 strongly recommend downloading the latest version at: 64 65 https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/ethtool/ 66 67 Support 68 ======= 69 70 For general information, go to the Intel support website at: 71 72 http://support.intel.com 73 74 or the Intel Wired Networking project hosted by Sourceforge at: 75 76 http://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000 77 78 If an issue is identified with the released source code on the supported 79 kernel with a supported adapter, email the specific information related 80 to the issue to e1000-devel@lists.sf.net