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4 | Linux* Base Virtual Function Driver for Intel(R) 1G Ethernet |
| 5 | ============================================================ | |
| 6 | ||
| 7 | Intel Gigabit Virtual Function Linux driver. | |
| 8 | Copyright(c) 1999-2018 Intel Corporation. | |
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9 | |
| 10 | Contents | |
| 11 | ======== | |
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12 | - Identifying Your Adapter |
| 13 | - Additional Configurations | |
| 14 | - Support | |
| 15 | ||
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16 | This driver supports Intel 82576-based virtual function devices-based virtual |
| 17 | function devices that can only be activated on kernels that support SR-IOV. | |
| c4e9b56e | 18 | |
| 413548de | 19 | SR-IOV requires the correct platform and OS support. |
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| 413548de | 21 | The guest OS loading this driver must support MSI-X interrupts. |
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23 | For questions related to hardware requirements, refer to the documentation |
| 24 | supplied with your Intel adapter. All hardware requirements listed apply to use | |
| 25 | with Linux. | |
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27 | Driver information can be obtained using ethtool, lspci, and ifconfig. |
| 28 | Instructions on updating ethtool can be found in the section Additional | |
| 29 | Configurations later in this document. | |
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| 413548de | 31 | NOTE: There is a limit of a total of 32 shared VLANs to 1 or more VFs. |
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33 | |
| 34 | Identifying Your Adapter | |
| 35 | ======================== | |
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36 | For information on how to identify your adapter, and for the latest Intel |
| 37 | network drivers, refer to the Intel Support website: | |
| 38 | http://www.intel.com/support | |
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41 | Additional Features and Configurations |
| 42 | ====================================== | |
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44 | ethtool |
| 45 | ------- | |
| 46 | The driver utilizes the ethtool interface for driver configuration and | |
| 47 | diagnostics, as well as displaying statistical information. The latest ethtool | |
| 48 | version is required for this functionality. Download it at: | |
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| 413548de | 50 | https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/ethtool/ |
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52 | |
| 53 | Support | |
| 54 | ======= | |
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55 | For general information, go to the Intel support website at: |
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| 413548de | 57 | https://www.intel.com/support/ |
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58 | |
| 59 | or the Intel Wired Networking project hosted by Sourceforge at: | |
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| 413548de | 61 | https://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000 |
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63 | If an issue is identified with the released source code on a supported kernel |
| 64 | with a supported adapter, email the specific information related to the issue | |
| 65 | to e1000-devel@lists.sf.net. |