| Greg Rose | ecc6703 | 2010-01-09 02:24:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | Linux* Base Driver for Intel(R) Network Connection |
| 2 | ================================================== |
| 3 | |
| Jeff Kirsher | c4b8c01 | 2010-10-05 01:16:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4 | Intel Gigabit Linux driver. |
| 5 | Copyright(c) 1999 - 2010 Intel Corporation. |
| Greg Rose | ecc6703 | 2010-01-09 02:24:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6 | |
| 7 | Contents |
| 8 | ======== |
| 9 | |
| Greg Rose | ecc6703 | 2010-01-09 02:24:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10 | - Identifying Your Adapter |
| 11 | - Known Issues/Troubleshooting |
| 12 | - Support |
| 13 | |
| Greg Rose | ecc6703 | 2010-01-09 02:24:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14 | This file describes the ixgbevf Linux* Base Driver for Intel Network |
| 15 | Connection. |
| 16 | |
| 17 | The ixgbevf driver supports 82599-based virtual function devices that can only |
| 18 | be activated on kernels with CONFIG_PCI_IOV enabled. |
| 19 | |
| 20 | The ixgbevf driver supports virtual functions generated by the ixgbe driver |
| 21 | with a max_vfs value of 1 or greater. |
| 22 | |
| 23 | The guest OS loading the ixgbevf driver must support MSI-X interrupts. |
| 24 | |
| 25 | VLANs: There is a limit of a total of 32 shared VLANs to 1 or more VFs. |
| 26 | |
| 27 | Identifying Your Adapter |
| 28 | ======================== |
| 29 | |
| 30 | For more information on how to identify your adapter, go to the Adapter & |
| 31 | Driver ID Guide at: |
| 32 | |
| Jeff Kirsher | c4b8c01 | 2010-10-05 01:16:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 33 | http://support.intel.com/support/go/network/adapter/idguide.htm |
| Greg Rose | ecc6703 | 2010-01-09 02:24:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 34 | |
| 35 | Known Issues/Troubleshooting |
| 36 | ============================ |
| 37 | |
| 38 | Unloading Physical Function (PF) Driver Causes System Reboots When VM is |
| 39 | Running and VF is Loaded on the VM |
| 40 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| 41 | Do not unload the PF driver (ixgbe) while VFs are assigned to guests. |
| 42 | |
| 43 | Support |
| 44 | ======= |
| 45 | |
| 46 | For general information, go to the Intel support website at: |
| 47 | |
| 48 | http://support.intel.com |
| 49 | |
| 50 | or the Intel Wired Networking project hosted by Sourceforge at: |
| 51 | |
| 52 | http://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000 |
| 53 | |
| 54 | If an issue is identified with the released source code on the supported |
| 55 | kernel with a supported adapter, email the specific information related |
| 56 | to the issue to e1000-devel@lists.sf.net |